scholarly journals Particle-in-cell simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection with a non-uniform guide field

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 032302 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Wilson ◽  
T. Neukirch ◽  
M. Hesse ◽  
M. G. Harrison ◽  
C. R. Stark
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Guide Field

scholarly journals The Effect of a Guide Field on Local Energy Conversion During Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: Particle-in-Cell Simulations

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (11) ◽  
pp. 11,523-11,542 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A Cassak ◽  
K. J. Genestreti ◽  
J. L Burch ◽  
T.-D. Phan ◽  
M. A. Shay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Local Energy ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Guide Field

scholarly journals Asymmetrically varying guide field during magnetic reconnection: Particle-In-Cell simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Flø Spinnangr ◽  
Paul Tenfjord ◽  
Michael Hesse ◽  
Cecilia Norgren ◽  
Håkon Midthun Kolstø ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Guide Field

The Evolution of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection from Electron Scales to Ion Scales

2021 ◽  
Vol 922 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Dongkuan Liu ◽  
Kai Huang ◽  
Quanming Lu ◽  
San Lu ◽  
Rongsheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Current Sheet ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Ion Outflow ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Electron Kinetics ◽  
Guide Field ◽  
Cell Simulation ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract It is generally accepted that collisionless magnetic reconnection is initiated on electron scales, which is mediated by electron kinetics. In this paper, by performing a two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation, we investigate the transition of collisionless magnetic reconnection from electron scales to ion scales in a Harris current sheet with and without a guide field. The results show that after magnetic reconnection is triggered on electron scales, the electrons are first accelerated by the reconnection electric field around the X line, and then leave away along the outflow direction. In the Harris current sheet without a guide field, the electron outflow is symmetric and directed away from the X line along the center of the current sheet, while the existence of a guide field will distort the symmetry of the electron outflow. In both cases, the high-speed electron outflow is decelerated due to the existence of the magnetic field B z , then leading to the pileup of B z . With the increase of B z , the ions are accelerated by the Lorentz force in the outflow direction, and an ion outflow at about one Alfvén speed is at last formed. In this way, collisionless magnetic reconnection is transferred from the electron scales to the ion scales.

scholarly journals Asymmetrically varying guide field during magnetic reconnection: Particle-In-Cell simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Flø Spinnangr ◽  
Paul Tenfjord ◽  
Michael Hesse ◽  
Cecilia Norgren ◽  
Håkon Midthun Kolstø ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Guide Field

scholarly journals Asymmetrically varying guide field during magnetic reconnection: Particle‐In‐Cell simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne F. Spinnangr ◽  
Paul Tenfjord ◽  
Michael Hesse ◽  
Cecilia Norgren ◽  
Hå kon M. Kolstø ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Guide Field

scholarly journals PIC methods in astrophysics: simulations of relativistic jets and kinetic physics in astrophysical systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Nishikawa ◽  
Ioana Duţan ◽  
Christoph Köhn ◽  
Yosuke Mizuno
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Physics ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Laser Plasma ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Relativistic Jets ◽  
Astrophysical Plasmas ◽  
Computing Power ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
The Future ◽  
Pic Method

AbstractThe Particle-In-Cell (PIC) method has been developed by Oscar Buneman, Charles Birdsall, Roger W. Hockney, and John Dawson in the 1950s and, with the advances of computing power, has been further developed for several fields such as astrophysical, magnetospheric as well as solar plasmas and recently also for atmospheric and laser-plasma physics. Currently more than 15 semi-public PIC codes are available which we discuss in this review. Its applications have grown extensively with increasing computing power available on high performance computing facilities around the world. These systems allow the study of various topics of astrophysical plasmas, such as magnetic reconnection, pulsars and black hole magnetosphere, non-relativistic and relativistic shocks, relativistic jets, and laser-plasma physics. We review a plethora of astrophysical phenomena such as relativistic jets, instabilities, magnetic reconnection, pulsars, as well as PIC simulations of laser-plasma physics (until 2021) emphasizing the physics involved in the simulations. Finally, we give an outlook of the future simulations of jets associated to neutron stars, black holes and their merging and discuss the future of PIC simulations in the light of petascale and exascale computing.

The role of electron heat flux in guide-field magnetic reconnection

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5387-5397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hesse ◽  
Masha Kuznetsova ◽  
Joachim Birn
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Guide Field ◽  
Electron Heat

scholarly journals The role of guide field in magnetic reconnection driven by island coalescence

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 022124 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Stanier ◽  
W. Daughton ◽  
Andrei N. Simakov ◽  
L. Chacón ◽  
A. Le ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Guide Field ◽  
Island Coalescence
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