scholarly journals Observations of a Quickly Flapping Interplanetary Magnetic Reconnection Exhaust

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiemin Wang ◽  
Yan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Magnetic Characteristics ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
Plasma Process ◽  
Current Sheets ◽  
Accelerated Flow ◽  
Reconnection Model ◽  
State Plasma

On the basis of the Petschek reconnection model and the characteristics of reconnection, hundreds of reconnection exhausts were reported in the solar wind. Many multi-spacecraft observations also indicated that interplanetary magnetic reconnection is a quasi–steady-state plasma process and the reconnection X-line can extend hundreds of Earth radii. In this study, we report an interplanetary flapping reconnection exhaust observed by Wind on April 1, 2003 at one AU. The magnetic reconnection event has two adjacent accelerated flows. We compared the plasma and magnetic characteristics of the two accelerated flows and found that the second accelerated flow was due to the back-and-forth movement of the reconnection exhaust. Our observations reveal that not all interplanetary reconnections operate in a quasi–steady-state manner; some reconnection current sheets can move rapidly back and forth.

scholarly journals Magnetic reconnection in the heliosphere: new insights from observations in the solar wind

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S257) ◽  
pp. 367-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Gosling
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Plasma Process ◽  
Laboratory Plasma ◽  
Current Sheets ◽  
After Effects

AbstractMagnetic reconnection plays a central role in the interpretation of a wide variety of observed solar, space, astrophysical, and laboratory plasma phenomena. The relatively recent discovery that reconnection is common at thin current sheets in the solar wind opens up a new laboratory for studying this fundamental plasma process and its after-effects. Here we provide a brief overview of some of the new insights on reconnection derived from observations of reconnection exhaust jets in the solar wind.

Application of piezodetectors for diagnostics of pulsed and quasi-steady-state plasma streams

2006 ◽  
Vol T123 ◽  
pp. 84-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
A N Bandura ◽  
V V Chebotarev ◽  
I E Garkusha ◽  
V I Tereshin ◽  
M S Ladygina
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
State Plasma

Current sheets, magnetic islands and associated particle acceleration in the solar wind as observed by Ulysses near the ecliptic plane

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Malandraki ◽  
Olga Khabarova ◽  
Roberto Bruno ◽  
Gary Zank ◽  
Gang Li and the ISSI-405 team
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Particle Acceleration ◽  
Magnetic Reconnection ◽  
Energetic Particle ◽  
Particle Flux ◽  
Energetic Particles ◽  
Magnetic Islands ◽  
Intermittent Turbulence ◽  
Current Sheets ◽  
Energetic Particle Flux

<p>Recent studies of particle acceleration in the heliosphere have revealed a new mechanism that can locally energize particles up to several MeV/nuc. Stream-stream interactions as well as the heliospheric current sheet – stream interactions lead to formation of large magnetic cavities, bordered by strong current sheets (CSs), which in turn produce secondary CSs and dynamical small-scale magnetic islands (SMIs) of ~0.01AU or less owing to magnetic reconnection. It has been shown that particle acceleration or re-acceleration occurs via stochastic magnetic reconnection in dynamical SMIs confined inside magnetic cavities observed at 1 AU. The study links the occurrence of CSs and SMIs with characteristics of intermittent turbulence and observations of energetic particles of keV-MeV/nuc energies at ~5.3 AU. We analyze selected samples of different plasmas observed by Ulysses during a widely discussed event, which was characterized by a series of high-speed streams of various origins that interacted beyond the Earth’s orbit in January 2005. The interactions formed complex conglomerates of merged interplanetary coronal mass ejections, stream/corotating interaction regions and magnetic cavities. We study properties of turbulence and associated structures of various scales. We confirm the importance of intermittent turbulence and magnetic reconnection in modulating solar energetic particle flux and even local particle acceleration. Coherent structures, including CSs and SMIs, play a significant role in the development of secondary stochastic particle acceleration, which changes the observed energetic particle flux time-intensity profiles and increases the final energy level to which energetic particles can be accelerated in the solar wind.</p>

Application of powerful quasi-steady-state plasma accelerators for simulation of ITER transient heat loads on divertor surfaces

2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (5A) ◽  
pp. A231-A239 ◽  
Author(s):  
V I Tereshin ◽  
A N Bandura ◽  
O V Byrka ◽  
V V Chebotarev ◽  
I E Garkusha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
Plasma Accelerators ◽  
Heat Loads ◽  
State Plasma

Investigation of High Power Quasi-Steady-State Plasma Streams Interaction with Mirror Magnetic Field and Thermal Quench Disruption Simulations

1999 ◽  
Vol 35 (1T) ◽  
pp. 248-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.I. Tereshin ◽  
V.V. Chebotarev ◽  
I.E. Garkusha ◽  
V.A. Makhlaj ◽  
N.I. Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Steady State ◽  
High Power ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
State Plasma

Application of Quasi-Steady-State Plasma Streams for Material Studies

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Tereshin ◽  
V. V. Chebotarev ◽  
I. E. Garkusha ◽  
I. S. Landman ◽  
V. A. Makhlaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
Material Studies ◽  
State Plasma

scholarly journals Powerful quasi-steady-state plasma accelerator for fusion experiments

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.I. Tereshin ◽  
V.V. Chebotarev ◽  
D.G. Solyakov ◽  
I.E. Garkusha ◽  
V.A. Makhlaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Plasma Accelerator ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
State Plasma ◽  
Fusion Experiments

Application of quasi-steady-state plasma streams for simulation of ITER transient heat loads

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (S3) ◽  
pp. C53-C58
Author(s):  
A. N. Bandura ◽  
V. V. Chebotarev ◽  
I. E. Garkusha ◽  
V. A. Makhlay ◽  
A. K. Marchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Quasi Steady State ◽  
Heat Loads ◽  
State Plasma
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