Kinetic simulations of x-line expansion in 3D reconnection

Details Kinetic simulations of x-line expansion in 3D reconnection Kinetic simulations of x-line expansion in 3D reconnection

May 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3310102l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 10, CiteID L10102

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Plasma Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7835), Space Plasma Physics: Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7526)

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The dynamics of x-line formation and evolution in 3D magnetic reconnection is studied using a fully kinetic approach. An x-line of small length is initialized using a perturbation localized in the current direction. The electrons and ions drift diamagnetically along the current direction of the initial x-line and are further accelerated by the reconnection electric field. The electron and ion motion is in opposite directions and each species extends one end of the x-line. Several predictions based on this picture are formulated and studied and confirmed under parameter variation. Expansion can proceed at a significant fraction of the Alfvén speed, in both directions.

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