Three-dimensional geometry of magnetic reconnection induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet
Abstract
We report for the first time the intrinsically three-dimensional (3D) geometry of the magnetic reconnection process induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet. Furthermore, the spatial distribution and the structure of the quasi-separatrix layers, as well as their temporal emergence and evolution, indicate that the associated magnetic reconnection can only occur in a 3D geometry, which is irreducible to that of any two-dimensional reconnection process. Such a finding provides a new perspective to the long-standing controversy over the substorm onset problem and elucidates the combined roles of reconnection and ballooning instabilities. It also connects to the universal presence of 3D reconnection processes previously discovered in various natural and laboratory plasmas.
- Authors:
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[1];
[3]
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Anhui (People's Republic of China); Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
- Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States). Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
- Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Anhui (People's Republic of China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1543831
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1349359
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; FC02-08ER54975; FG02-86ER53218
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Physics
Citation Formats
Zhu, Ping, Bhattacharjee, Amitava, Sangari, Arash, Wang, Zechen, and Bonofiglo, Phillip. Three-dimensional geometry of magnetic reconnection induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4976994.
Zhu, Ping, Bhattacharjee, Amitava, Sangari, Arash, Wang, Zechen, & Bonofiglo, Phillip. Three-dimensional geometry of magnetic reconnection induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4976994
Zhu, Ping, Bhattacharjee, Amitava, Sangari, Arash, Wang, Zechen, and Bonofiglo, Phillip. Fri .
"Three-dimensional geometry of magnetic reconnection induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4976994. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1543831.
@article{osti_1543831,
title = {Three-dimensional geometry of magnetic reconnection induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet},
author = {Zhu, Ping and Bhattacharjee, Amitava and Sangari, Arash and Wang, Zechen and Bonofiglo, Phillip},
abstractNote = {We report for the first time the intrinsically three-dimensional (3D) geometry of the magnetic reconnection process induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet. Furthermore, the spatial distribution and the structure of the quasi-separatrix layers, as well as their temporal emergence and evolution, indicate that the associated magnetic reconnection can only occur in a 3D geometry, which is irreducible to that of any two-dimensional reconnection process. Such a finding provides a new perspective to the long-standing controversy over the substorm onset problem and elucidates the combined roles of reconnection and ballooning instabilities. It also connects to the universal presence of 3D reconnection processes previously discovered in various natural and laboratory plasmas.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4976994},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 2,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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