Two-fluid simulations of 3D magnetic reconnection in current sheets

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Dec 2009

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM21A-1564

Physics

[2723] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Reconnection

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Although much progress has been made in our understanding of reconnection in two dimensions, the transition to three dimensions has much more difficult, owing to the inherent complexity of 3D systems in addition to the increased expense of numerical simulations. We present a 3D two-fluid simulation of magnetic reconnection in an initially 1D current sheet. Previous studies have found that the propagation and growth of finite length x-lines is fundamentally determined by the equilibrium current carriers1. We revisit this question using larger scale simulations which can more effectively remove the effects of the boundaries and using more realistic mass ratios. [1] Lapenta, G. et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L10102, 2006, doi:10.1029/2005GL025124

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