The extent of power-law energy spectra in collisionless relativistic magnetic reconnection in pair plasma

Werner, G. R.; Uzdensky, D. A.; Cerutti, B.; Nalewajko, K.; Begelman, M. C.

doi:10.3847/2041-8205/816/1/L8

Title: The extent of power-law energy spectra in collisionless relativistic magnetic reconnection in pair plasma

Journal Article · Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2015 · The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/816/1/L8· OSTI ID:1261075

Werner, G. R. ^[1]; Uzdensky, D. A. ^[1]; Cerutti, B. ^[2]; Nalewajko, K. ^[3]; Begelman, M. C. ^[4]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO (United States)

Using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we characterize the energy spectra of particles accelerated by relativistic magnetic reconnection (without guide field) in collisionless electron–positron plasmas, for a wide range of upstream magnetizations σ and system sizes L. The particle spectra are well-represented by a power law $${\gamma }^{-\alpha }$$, with a combination of exponential and super-exponential high-energy cutoffs, proportional to σ and L, respectively. As a result, for large L and σ, the power-law index α approaches about 1.2.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1261075

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-16599; arXiv:1409.8262

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online), Vol. 816, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-8213

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Title: The extent of power-law energy spectra in collisionless relativistic magnetic reconnection in pair plasma

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