Momentum transport and nonlocality in heat-flux-driven magnetic reconnection in high-energy-density plasmas

Liu, Chang; Fox, William; Bhattacharjee, Amitava; Thomas, Alexander G.  R.; Joglekar, Archis S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.96.043203

Title: Momentum transport and nonlocality in heat-flux-driven magnetic reconnection in high-energy-density plasmas

Journal Article · Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review E

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.96.043203· OSTI ID:1399478

Liu, Chang ^[1]; Fox, William ^[2]; Bhattacharjee, Amitava ^[3]; Thomas, Alexander G. R. ^[4]; Joglekar, Archis S. ^[5]

Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences; Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Lancaster Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences; Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Recent theory has demonstrated a novel physics regime for magnetic reconnection in high-energy-density plasmas where the magnetic field is advected by heat flux via the Nernst effect. In this paper, we elucidate the physics of the electron dissipation layer in this regime. Through fully kinetic simulation and a generalized Ohm's law derived from first principles, we show that momentum transport due to a nonlocal effect, the heat-flux-viscosity, provides the dissipation mechanism for magnetic reconnection. Scaling analysis, and simulations show that the reconnection process comprises a magnetic field compression stage and quasisteady reconnection stage, and the characteristic width of the current sheet in this regime is several electron mean-free paths. Finally, these results show the important interplay between nonlocal transport effects and generation of anisotropic components to the distribution function.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; SC0008655; SC0010621; SC0016249; NA0002953; ACI-1339893

OSTI ID:: 1399478

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1398295

Journal Information:: Physical Review E, Vol. 96, Issue 4; ISSN 2470-0045

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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