Scaling of Asymmetric Reconnection in Compressible Plasmas

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsm23d..05b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM23D-05

Physics

Plasma Physics

[2723] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Reconnection, [7835] Space Plasma Physics / Magnetic Reconnection

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The scaling of the reconnection rate with external parameters is reevaluated, considering asymmetry between the inflow regions and compressibility. The results show a modest beta dependence of the reconnection rate. Previous results obtained for incompressible plasmas are reproduced in the limit of large plasma beta. The results further demonstrate the importance of the conversion of magnetic energy to enthalpy flux, which remains finite even in the incompressible limit. The assumptions and results of the scaling analysis are compared with resistive MHD simulations.

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