Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsm31b1722k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SM31B-1722
Physics
2723 Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), 7526 Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7835), 7835 Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7526)
Scientific paper
Our recent full particle simulations have shown that the electron diffusion region elongates in time, giving rise to formation of secondary islands and time-dependent reconnection rate. Islands of many sizes are formed in the process. However, these simulations were performed for a limited set of parameters. The natural question is whether the obtained results are generic. Given that the conditions are very different at the Earth's magnetopause and in the magnetotail, we have started a study of the reconnection process accounting for differences in the tail and at the magnetopause. Some of the questions that we address in this presentation include: (i) Can slow shocks ever be formed?, (ii) Can flux pile up occur in the collisionless limit? (iii) Can reconnection shut off? (iv) How does the length of the electron layer scale with the upstream plasma conditions?
Daughton William
Karimabadi Homa
Roytershteyn Vadim
Scudder Jillian
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