scholarly journals 3D YSO accretion shock simulations: a study of the magnetic, chromospheric and stochastic flow effects

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S302) ◽  
pp. 66-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Matsakos ◽  
J.-P. Chièze ◽  
C. Stehlé ◽  
M. González ◽  
L. Ibgui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Dynamical Evolution ◽  
Acoustic Energy ◽  
Local Magnetic Field ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Post Shock ◽  
Uniform Background ◽  
Flow Effects ◽  
Accretion Shock

AbstractThe structure and dynamics of young stellar object (YSO) accretion shocks depend strongly on the local magnetic field strength and configuration, as well as on the radiative transfer effects responsible for the energy losses. We present the first 3D YSO shock simulations of the interior of the stream, assuming a uniform background magnetic field, a clumpy infalling gas, and an acoustic energy flux flowing at the base of the chromosphere. We study the dynamical evolution and the post-shock structure as a function of the plasma-beta (thermal pressure over magnetic pressure). We find that a strong magnetic field (~hundreds of Gauss) leads to the formation of fibrils in the shocked gas due to the plasma confinement within flux tubes. The corresponding emission is smooth and fully distinguishable from the case of a weak magnetic field (~tenths of Gauss) where the hot slab demonstrates chaotic motion and oscillates periodically.

scholarly journals Structure of a collisionless pair jet in a magnetized electron–proton plasma: flow-aligned magnetic field

2019 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. A142 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Dieckmann ◽  
D. Folini ◽  
I. Hotz ◽  
A. Nordman ◽  
P. Dell’Acqua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Collisionless Plasma ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Ambient Plasma ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Flow Energy ◽  
Pair Plasma ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Uniform Background

Aims. We study the effect a guiding magnetic field has on the formation and structure of a pair jet that propagates through a collisionless electron–proton plasma at rest. Methods. We model with a particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation a pair cloud with a temperature of 400 keV and a mean speed of 0.9c (c - light speed). Pair particles are continuously injected at the boundary. The cloud propagates through a spatially uniform, magnetized, and cool ambient electron–proton plasma at rest. The mean velocity vector of the pair cloud is aligned with the uniform background magnetic field. The pair cloud has a lateral extent of a few ion skin depths. Results. A jet forms in time. Its outer cocoon consists of jet-accelerated ambient plasma and is separated from the inner cocoon by an electromagnetic piston with a thickness that is comparable to the local thermal gyroradius of jet particles. The inner cocoon consists of pair plasma, which lost its directed flow energy while it swept out the background magnetic field and compressed it into the electromagnetic piston. A beam of electrons and positrons moves along the jet spine at its initial speed. Its electrons are slowed down and some positrons are accelerated as they cross the head of the jet. The latter escape upstream along the magnetic field, which yields an excess of megaelectronvolt positrons ahead of the jet. A filamentation instability between positrons and protons accelerates some of the protons, which were located behind the electromagnetic piston at the time it formed, to megaelectronvolt energies. Conclusions. A microscopic pair jet in collisionless plasma has a structure that is similar to that predicted by a hydrodynamic model of relativistic astrophysical pair jets. It is a source of megaelectronvolt positrons. An electromagnetic piston acts as the contact discontinuity between the inner and outer cocoons. It would form on subsecond timescales in a plasma with a density that is comparable to that of the interstellar medium in the rest frame of the latter. A supercritical fast magnetosonic shock will form between the pristine ambient plasma and the jet-accelerated plasma on a timescale that exceeds our simulation time by an order of magnitude.

Particle acceleration by interstellar plasma shock waves in non-uniform background magnetic field

2020 ◽  
Vol 498 (4) ◽  
pp. 5517-5523
Author(s):  
P Rashed-Mohassel ◽  
M Ghorbanalilu
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Particle Acceleration ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Magnetized Plasma ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Positive Variation ◽  
Uniform Background ◽  
Plasma Shock

ABSTRACT Particle acceleration by plasma shock waves is investigated for a magnetized plasma cloud propagating in a non-uniform background magnetic field by means of analytical and numerical calculations. The mechanism studied here is mainly, magnetic trapping acceleration (MTA) which is previously investigated for a cloud moving through the uniform interstellar magnetic field (IMF). In this work, the acceleration is studied for a cloud moving in an antiparallel background field with spatial variations along the direction of motion. For negative variation, the cloud moves towards an antiparallel magnetic field with an increasing intensity, the trapped particle moves to locations with higher convective electric field and therefore gains more energy over time. For positive variation, the background field decreases to zero and changes into a parallel field with an increasing intensity. It is concluded that, when the background field vanishes, the MTA mechanism ceases and the particle escapes into the space. This leads to a bouncing acceleration which further increases energy of the gyrating particle. The two processes are followed by a shock drift acceleration, where due to the background magnetic field gradient, the particle drifts along the electric field and gains energy. Although for positive variation, three different mechanisms are involved, energy gain is less than in the case of a uniform background field.

Energy Conversion in the Electron Stagnation Region of Magnetopause Reconnection

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Burch ◽  
James Webster ◽  
Kristina Pritchard ◽  
Kevin Genestreti ◽  
Michael Hesse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Closed Field ◽  
Stagnation Region ◽  
Strong Electron ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Uniform Background ◽  
Field Lines

<p>For reconnection at the Earth’s day side, which is asymmetric, the main energy conversion occurs on closed field lines in the electron stagnation region. Energy conversion, as measured by <strong>J</strong>⦁<strong>E</strong>, occurs where out-of-plane electric field components are embedded within larger regions of out-of-plane current, which is carried by strong electron flows in the M direction of the LMN coordinate system. Bracketing these energy conversion sites are electron jet reversals (along L and -L) and converging  electron flows (along N and -N). These electron flows are like those that surround reconnection X lines, however, in these cases they occur completely within closed field lines. The question then is what, if anything, this energy conversion has to do with local reconnection of magnetic field lines. This paper reports on a study of two events observed by MMS on December 29, 2016 and April 15, 2018. The electron inflows have velocities between 0.05 V<sub>eA</sub> and 0.1 V<sub>eA</sub>, (V<sub>eA</sub> = electron Alfvén speed), which are consistent with predicted reconnection rates. Laboratory measurements and 3D simulation results offer some clues about how reconnecting current sheets can evolve in a uniform background magnetic field.</p>

scholarly journals Non-diffusive pitch-angle scattering of a distribution of energetic particles by coherent whistler waves

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Dae Yoon ◽  
Paul Bellan
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Present Theory ◽  
Space Physics ◽  
Particle Analysis ◽  
Angle Scattering ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Particle Simulations ◽  
Uniform Background

<p>A recent study and a companion talk [1] showed that an exact rearrangement of the relativistic particle equation of motion under a coherent circularly-polarized electromagnetic wave leads to an equation describing the motion of the “frequency mismatch” parameter ξ under a pseudo-potential ψ(ξ). When the particle undergoes a so-called “two-valley motion” in ξ-space, it experiences large changes in ξ and thus its pitch-angle because ξ is a function of the particle’s velocity parallel to the background magnetic field. This single-particle analysis is extended [2] to a distribution of relativistic particles. First, the condition for two-valley motion is derived with parameters relevant to magnetospheric contexts. Single-particle simulations verify that particles which satisfy this condition indeed undergo large pitch-angle fluctuations. Second, assuming a relativistic Maxwellian particle distribution, the fraction of particles that undergo two-valley motion is analytically derived and is numerically verified by Monte-Carlo simulations. A significant fraction (1% - 5%) of the distribution undergoes two-valley motion for typical magnetospheric parameters. For sufficiently fast interactions where a uniform background magnetic field and a constant wave frequency can be assumed, the widely-used second-order trapping theory [3] is shown to be an erroneous approximation of the present theory.</p><p> </p><p>[1] P. M. Bellan, Phys. Plasmas, 20 (4), Art. No. 042117 (2013)</p><p>[2] Y. D. Yoon and P. M. Bellan, JGR Space Physics, 125 (6), Art. No. e2020JA027796 (2020)</p><p>[3] D. Nunn, Planet. and Space Sci., 22 (3), 349-378 (1974)</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Modelling 3D magnetic networks in a realistic solar atmosphere

2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Frederick A Gent ◽  
Ben Snow ◽  
Viktor Fedun ◽  
Robertus Erdélyi
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Solar Atmosphere ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Solar Dynamics Observatory ◽  
Lower Corona ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Flux Tubes ◽  
Open Magnetic Flux

ABSTRACT The magnetic network extending from the photosphere (solar radius ≃ R⊙) to the lower corona ($\mathrm{ R}_\odot +10\, {\rm Mm}$) plays an important role in the heating mechanisms of the solar atmosphere. Here we develop further the models of the authors with realistic open magnetic flux tubes, in order to model more complicated configurations. Closed magnetic loops and combinations of closed and open magnetic flux tubes are modelled. These are embedded within a stratified atmosphere, derived from observationally motivated semi-empirical and data-driven models subject to solar gravity and capable of spanning from the photosphere up into the chromosphere and lower corona. Constructing a magnetic field comprising self-similar magnetic flux tubes, an analytic solution for the kinetic pressure and plasma density is derived. Combining flux tubes of opposite polarity, it is possible to create a steady background magnetic field configuration, modelling a solar atmosphere exhibiting realistic stratification. The result can be applied to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Michelson Doppler Imager (SOHO/MDI), Solar Dynamics Observatory Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (SDO/HMI) and other magnetograms from the solar surface, for which photospheric motions can be simulated to explore the mechanism of energy transport. We demonstrate this powerful and versatile method with an application to HMI data.

scholarly journals Pion in a uniform background magnetic field with clover fermions

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Bignell ◽  
Waseem Kamleh ◽  
Derek Leinweber
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Uniform Background

Magnetic Field

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Glatzmaier
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Dispersion Relation ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Magnetohydrodynamic Equations ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Background Magnetic Field ◽  
Nonlinear Simulations ◽  
Uniform Background ◽  
The Stability ◽  
2D Model

This chapter focuses on magnetoconvection, which refers to thermal convection of an electrically conducting fluid within a background magnetic field maintained by some external mechanism. It first provides a brief overview of magnetohydrodynamics and the magnetohydrodynamic equations before explaining how to make a 2D model of magnetic field. In this approach, the case of a uniform vertical background field and the case of a uniform horizontal background field are both considered. The chapter then describes how one could simulate a case of a uniform background field that is tilted relative to both the vertical and horizontal axes. It also considers what can be learned about the stability and structure of magnetoconvection and the dispersion relation for magneto-gravity waves from analytical analyses without the nonlinear terms. Finally, it discusses nonlinear simulations of magnetoconvection in a box with impermeable side boundaries, along with magnetoconvection with a horizontal background field and an arbitrary background field.

scholarly journals Probing the structure of local magnetic field of solar features with helioseismology

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S302) ◽  
pp. 126-129
Author(s):  
Khalil Daiffallah
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Cluster Model ◽  
Solar Magnetic Field ◽  
Local Magnetic Field ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Field Activity ◽  
Magnetic Flux Tubes ◽  
Propagation Of Waves

AbstractMotivated by the problem of local solar subsurface magnetic structure, we have used numerical simulations to investigate the propagation of waves through monolithic magnetic flux tubes of different sizes. A cluster model can be a good approximation to simulate sunspots as well as solar plage regions which are composed of an ensemble of compactly packed thin flux tubes. Simulations of this type are powerful tools to probe the structure and the dynamics of various solar features which are directly related to solar magnetic field activity.

scholarly journals On the location of dayside magnetic reconnection during an interval of duskward oriented IMF

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Wild ◽  
S. E. Milan ◽  
J. A. Davies ◽  
M. W. Dunlop ◽  
D. M. Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Local Magnetic Field ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
Reconnection Rate ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Dayside Magnetopause ◽  
Line Passing ◽  
Open Flux

Abstract. We present space- and ground-based observations of the signatures of magnetic reconnection during an interval of duskward-oriented interplanetary magnetic field on 25 March 2004. In situ field and plasma measurements are drawn from the Double Star and Cluster satellites during traversals of the pre-noon sector dayside magnetopause at low and high latitudes, respectively. These reveal the typical signatures of flux transfer events (FTEs), namely bipolar perturbations in the magnetic field component normal to the local magnetopause, enhancements in the local magnetic field strength and mixing of magnetospheric and magnetosheath plasmas. Further evidence of magnetic reconnection is inferred from the ground-based signatures of pulsed ionospheric flow observed over an extended interval. In order to ascertain the location of the reconnection site responsible for the FTEs, a simple model of open flux tube motion over the surface of the magnetopause is employed. A comparison of the modelled and observed motion of open flux tubes (i.e. FTEs) and plasma flow in the magnetopause boundary layer indicates that the FTEs observed at both low and high latitudes were consistence with the existence of a tilted X-line passing through the sub-solar region, as suggested by the component reconnection paradigm. While a high latitude X-line (as predicted by the anti-parallel description of reconnection) may have been present, we find it unlikely that it could have been responsible for the FTEs observed in the pre-noon sector under the observed IMF conditions. Finally, we note that throughout the interval, the magnetosphere was bathed in ULF oscillations within the solar wind electric field. While no one-to-one correspondence with the pulsed reconnection rate suggested by the ground-based observation of pulsed ionospheric flow has been demonstrated, we note that similar periodicity oscillations were observed throughout the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system. These findings are consistent with previously proposed mechanisms of solar wind modulation of the dayside reconnection rate.

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