Nonlocal Ohms Law, Plasma Resistivity, and Reconnection During Collisions of Magnetic Flux Ropes

Gekelman, W.; DeHaas, T.; Pribyl, P.; Vincena, S.; Compernolle, B. Van; Sydora, R.; Tripathi, S. K.  P.

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa9fec

Title: Nonlocal Ohms Law, Plasma Resistivity, and Reconnection During Collisions of Magnetic Flux Ropes

Abstract

The plasma resistivity was analyzed in an experiment on the collision of two magnetic flux ropes. Whenever the ropes meet, some magnetic energy is lost as a result of reconnection. Volumetric data, in which all the relevant time-varying quantities were recorded in detail, are introduced. Ohm's law is shown to be nonlocal and cannot be used to evaluate the plasma resistivity. The resistivity was instead calculated using the AC Kubo resistivity and shown to be anomalously high in certain regions of space.

Authors:

Gekelman, W. ^[1]; DeHaas, T. ^[1]; Pribyl, P. ^[1]; Vincena, S. ^[1]; Compernolle, B. Van ^[1]; Sydora, R. ^[2]; Tripathi, S. K. P. ^[1]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Canada)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2018

Research Org.:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1542014

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-07ER54918

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: The Astrophysical Journal (Online)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 853; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; magnetic fields; magnetic reconnection; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); plasmas; Sun: magnetic fields; turbulence

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                    Gekelman, W., DeHaas, T., Pribyl, P., Vincena, S., Compernolle, B. Van, Sydora, R., and Tripathi, S. K.  P. Nonlocal Ohms Law, Plasma Resistivity, and Reconnection During Collisions of Magnetic Flux Ropes.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Gekelman, W., DeHaas, T., Pribyl, P., Vincena, S., Compernolle, B. Van, Sydora, R., & Tripathi, S. K.  P. Nonlocal Ohms Law, Plasma Resistivity, and Reconnection During Collisions of Magnetic Flux Ropes.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9fec

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                    Gekelman, W., DeHaas, T., Pribyl, P., Vincena, S., Compernolle, B. Van, Sydora, R., and Tripathi, S. K.  P. Fri .  
"Nonlocal Ohms Law, Plasma Resistivity, and Reconnection During Collisions of Magnetic Flux Ropes".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9fec.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1542014.

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@article{osti_1542014,

  title        = {Nonlocal Ohms Law, Plasma Resistivity, and Reconnection During Collisions of Magnetic Flux Ropes},

  author       = {Gekelman, W. and DeHaas, T. and Pribyl, P. and Vincena, S. and Compernolle, B. Van and Sydora, R. and Tripathi, S. K.  P.},

  abstractNote = {The plasma resistivity was analyzed in an experiment on the collision of two magnetic flux ropes. Whenever the ropes meet, some magnetic energy is lost as a result of reconnection. Volumetric data, in which all the relevant time-varying quantities were recorded in detail, are introduced. Ohm's law is shown to be nonlocal and cannot be used to evaluate the plasma resistivity. The resistivity was instead calculated using the AC Kubo resistivity and shown to be anomalously high in certain regions of space.},

  doi          = {10.3847/1538-4357/aa9fec},

  journal      = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 853,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2018},

  month        = {Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2018}

}

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