Collaborative Research: Particle Simulation of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Under Finite Guide Field (Final Technical Report)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
The project investigated 3-D linear instabilities of Harris current sheet under a realistic ion-to-electron mass ratio and a finite guide field. The excitation and 3-D properties of lower hybrid drift instability (LHDI), along with two new instabilities were demonstrated. The report presents the nonlinear properties of current sheet instabilities by employing Gyrokinetic electron and Fully kinetic ion (GeFi) particle simulation code. The GeFi simulation results are compared with fully kinetic PIC simulations.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0017908
- OSTI ID:
- 2255188
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-PRINCETON--SC0017908
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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