Generation of Turbulence in Colliding Reconnection Jets

Pucci, Francesco; Matthaeus, William H.; Chasapis, A.; Servidio, Sergio; Sorriso-Valvo, L.; Olshevsky, V.; Newman, D. L.; Goldman, M. V.; Lapenta, Giovanni

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aadd0a

Title: Generation of Turbulence in Colliding Reconnection Jets

Journal Article · 24 October 2018 · The Astrophysical Journal (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aadd0a · OSTI ID:1544069

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Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium)
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Univ. of Calabria, Arcavacata (Italy)
Nanotec-CNR, Arcavacata (Italy)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

The collision of magnetic reconnection jets is reported on by means of a three-dimensional numerical simulation at the kinetic scale, in the presence of a strong guide field. We demonstrate that turbulence develops due to the collision of jets, producing several current sheets in reconnection outflows, aligned with the guide field direction. The turbulence is mainly two-dimensional, with stronger gradients in the plane perpendicular to the guide field and low wave-like activity in the parallel direction. First, we provide a numerical method to isolate the central turbulent region. Second, we analyze the spatial second-order structure function and prove that turbulence is confined in this region. Lastly, we compute local magnetic and electric frequency spectra, finding a trend in the subion range that differs from typical cases for which the Taylor hypothesis is valid, as well as wave activity in the range between ion and electron cyclotron frequencies. Our findings are relevant to understand observed collisions of reconnection jets in space plasmas.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1544069

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 867; ISSN 1538-4357

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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