Collisionless reconnection: Mechanism of self-ignition in thin current sheets

Details Collisionless reconnection: Mechanism of self-ignition in thin current sheets Collisionless reconnection: Mechanism of self-ignition in thin current sheets

2010-04-22

arxiv.org/abs/1004.3992v1

Ann. Geophys. 28, 1935-1943 (2010)

Physics

Space Physics

8 pages, 6 figures, prepared for Annales Geophysicae

Scientific paper

10.5194/angeo-28-1935-2010

The spontaneous onset of magnetic reconnection in thin collisionless current
sheets is shown to result from a thermal-anisotropy driven magnetic
Weibel-mode, generating seed-magnetic field {\sf X}-points in the centre of the
current layer.

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