Nonlinear Reconnection in Magnetized Turbulence
Abstract
Recent analytical works on strong magnetized plasma turbulence have hypothesized the existence of a range of scales where the tearing instability may govern the energy cascade. In this paper, we estimate the conditions under which such tearing may give rise to full nonlinear magnetic reconnection in the turbulent eddies, thereby enabling significant energy conversion and dissipation. When those conditions are met, a new turbulence regime is accessed where reconnection-driven energy dissipation becomes common, rather than the rare feature that it must be when they are not.
- Authors:
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[1];
[2]
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center
- Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Physics; Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado (United States).
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1802863
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- SC0016215; SC0018266
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 890; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Loureiro, Nuno F., and Boldyrev, Stanislav. Nonlinear Reconnection in Magnetized Turbulence. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab6a95.
Loureiro, Nuno F., & Boldyrev, Stanislav. Nonlinear Reconnection in Magnetized Turbulence. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab6a95
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title = {Nonlinear Reconnection in Magnetized Turbulence},
author = {Loureiro, Nuno F. and Boldyrev, Stanislav},
abstractNote = {Recent analytical works on strong magnetized plasma turbulence have hypothesized the existence of a range of scales where the tearing instability may govern the energy cascade. In this paper, we estimate the conditions under which such tearing may give rise to full nonlinear magnetic reconnection in the turbulent eddies, thereby enabling significant energy conversion and dissipation. When those conditions are met, a new turbulence regime is accessed where reconnection-driven energy dissipation becomes common, rather than the rare feature that it must be when they are not.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ab6a95},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2020}
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