New expression for collisionless magnetic reconnection rate

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917068· OSTI ID:22408336

Klimas, Alex ^[1]

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1. GPHI at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21228 (United States)

For 2D, symmetric, anti-parallel, collisionless magnetic reconnection, new expressions for the reconnection rate in the electron diffusion region are introduced. It is shown that these expressions can be derived in just a few simple steps from a physically intuitive starting point; the derivations are given in their entirety, and the validity of each step is confirmed. The predictions of these expressions are compared to the results of several long-duration, open-boundary particle-in-cell reconnection simulations to demonstrate excellent agreement.

• OSTI ID: 22408336
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DIFFUSION
ELECTRONS
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION
SYMMETRY
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS