Mini-conference: Magnetic Reconnection

Presentations

• Explosive Reconnection and Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Plasma

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 9:30 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 9:50 AM

  Authors

  • Maxim Lyutikov

    • Purdue University

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• The interplay of magnetically-dominated turbulence and reconnection in producing non-thermal particles

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 9:50 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 10:10 AM

  Authors

  • Luca Comisso

    • Columbia University

  • Lorenzo Sironi

    • Department of Astronomy, Columbia University
    • Columbia University

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  Oct. 24, 2019, 10:10 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 10:30 AM

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• Pulsar radio nanoshots as a low-frequency afterglow of relativistic magnetic reconnection

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 10:30 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 10:50 AM

  Authors

  • Alexander Philippov

    • Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute / Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
    • Flatiron Institute, Center for Computational Astrophysics
    • CCA, Flatiron Institute

  • Dmitri Uzdensky

    • Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado - Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Anatoly Spitkovsky

    • Princeton University
    • Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

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• 3D Effects in Magnetic Reconnection in Collisionless Relativistic Pair Plasma with Moderate Magnetization

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 10:50 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 11:10 AM

  Authors

  • Gregory Werner

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Dmitri Uzdensky

    • Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado - Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder

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• Plasmoid formation in jets and accretion disks

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 11:10 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 11:25 AM

  Authors

  • Bart Ripperda

    • Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute / Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

  • Alexander Philippov

    • Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute / Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
    • Flatiron Institute, Center for Computational Astrophysics
    • CCA, Flatiron Institute

  • Lorenzo Sironi

    • Department of Astronomy, Columbia University
    • Columbia University

  • Fabio Bacchini

    • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Frankfurt

  • Oliver Porth

    • Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam

  • Jordy Davelaar

    • Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen

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• 3D Collisionless Reconnection with Strong Guide Field

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 11:25 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 11:40 AM

  Authors

  • Yu Lin

    • Physics Department, Auburn University
    • Auburn University

  • Xueiyi Wang

    • Physics Department, Auburn University
    • Auburn University

  • Liu Chen

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Irvine
    • University of California, Irvine

  • Zhifang Guo

    • Physics Department, Auburn University

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• Magnetic Reconnection Experiments on the MAGPIE Pulsed Power Generator

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 11:40 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 11:55 AM

  Authors

  • J.W.D. Halliday

    • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College London, UK

  • Lee Suttle

    • Imperial College London

  • Jack Hare

    • Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Sergey Lebedev

    • Imperial College London

  • Danny Russell

    • Imperial College London

  • Eleanor Tubman

    • Imperial College London

  • Vicente Valenzuela Villaseca

    • Imperial College London

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• Kinetic Beaming in Radiative Magnetic Reconnection: A Mechanism for Rapid Variability in Gamma-Ray Flares

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 11:55 AM – Oct. 24, 2019, 12:10 PM

  Authors

  • John Mehlhaff

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Gregory Werner

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Dmitri Uzdensky

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Mitchell Begelman

    • University of Colorado, Boulder; JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology

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• Plasma Dynamics and Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection

  ORAL

  Oct. 24, 2019, 12:10 PM – Oct. 24, 2019, 12:25 PM

  Authors

  • Fan Guo

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Hui Li

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • William Daughton

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Xiaocan Li

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Patrick Kilian

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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