Fundamental: Magnetic Reconnection

Presentations

• Thin current sheet evolution in 3D via magnetic reconnection and other processes

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 9:30 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 9:42 AM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.02790

  Presenters

  • Gregory R Werner

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Gregory R Werner

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Dmitri A Uzdensky

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Study of electron exhaust jet and current-driven instabilities in kinetic magnetic reconnection using laser-powered capacitor coils

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 9:42 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 9:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Shu Zhang

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Shu Zhang

    • Princeton University

  • Abraham Chien

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

  • Lan Gao

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • PPPL
    • Princeton University

  • Kenneth Hill

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Eric Blackman

    • Rochester Institute of Technology
    • University of Rochester

  • Russell K Follett

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics - Rochester
    • University of Rochester Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Computer Science
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Dustin H Froula

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
    • Lab for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Joe D Katz

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • William S Daughton

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Chikang Li

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • MIT

  • Andrew Birkel

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • PSFC, MIT

  • Richard Petrasso

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • MIT

  • John D Moody

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Hui Chen

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

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• Experimentally Measured Stability Properties of Arched, Line-Tied Magnetic Flux Ropes

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 9:54 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 10:06 AM

  Publication: Alt et al 2021 ApJ 908 41

  Presenters

  • Andrew D Alt

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Andrew D Alt

    • Princeton University

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

  • Jonathan M Jara-Almonte

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Sayak Bose

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Aaron Goodman

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Masaaki Yamada

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

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• Experimental study on ion polarization drift dynamics during fast guide field magnetic reconnection in MRX

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 10:06 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 10:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Sayak Bose

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Sayak Bose

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • William R Fox

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), USA
    • Princeton University

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Aaron Goodman

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton university

  • Andrew D Alt

    • Princeton University

  • Jonathan M Jara-Almonte

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Masaaki Yamada

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

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• Laboratory study of electron heating associated with lower hybrid drift waves during guide field reconnection

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 10:18 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 10:30 AM

  Publication: [1] Y. Hu et al. Rev. Sci. Instr. 92, 033534 (2021).
  [2] J. Yoo et al., submitted. to phys. plasmas

  Presenters

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Yibo Hu

    • Soochow University

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

  • Sayak Bose

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Aaron Goodman

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Jonathan M Jara-Almonte

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Jeong-Young Ji

    • Utah State Univ

  • Andrew D Alt

    • Princeton University

  • Masaaki Yamada

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

  • Kendra A Bergstedt

    • Princeton University

  • William R Fox

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), USA
    • Princeton University

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• Analytical model of energy conversion in the two-fluid reconnection layer

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 10:30 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Masaaki Yamada

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

  Authors

  • Masaaki Yamada

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

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• Entropy production and transport during magnetic reconnection

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 10:42 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 10:54 AM

  Publication: Jara-Almonte and Ji, "Thermodynamic phase transition during magnetic reconnection", PRL, 2021.

  Presenters

  • Jonathan M Jara-Almonte

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Jonathan M Jara-Almonte

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

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• Statistical Properties of Multiscale Magnetic Reconnection and the FLARE Project

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 10:54 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 11:06 AM

  Publication: K. Bergstedt, H. Ji, J. Jara-Almonte, J. Yoo, R.E. Ergun, and L.-J. Chen, "Statistical properties of magnetic structures and energy dissipation during turbulent reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail", Geophys. Res. Lett. 47 (2020); H. Ji, W. Daughton, J. Jara-Almonte, A. Le, A. Stanier, and J. Yoo, "Magnetic Reconnection in the era of Exascale Computing and Multiscale Experiments", submitted to Nat. Rev. Phys. (2021); S. Majeski, H. Ji, J. Jara-Almonte, and J. Yoo, "Guide Field Effects on the Distribution of Plasmoids in Multiple Scale Reconnection", submitted to Phys. Plasmas (2021).

  Presenters

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Jonathan M Jara-Almonte

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Kendra A Bergstedt

    • Princeton University

  • Stephen P Majeski

    • Princeton University

  • Sayak Bose

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Andrew D Alt

    • Princeton University

  • Aaron Goodman

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • William R Fox

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), USA
    • Princeton University

  • Yang Ren

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Masaaki Yamada

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

  • Amitava Bhattacharjee

    • Princeton University

  • William S Daughton

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Adam J Stanier

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Ari Le

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

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• Exploratory Simulations of Plasmoid Dynamics in the FLARE experiment

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 11:06 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • William S Daughton

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • William S Daughton

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Adam J Stanier

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Jonathan M Jara-Almonte

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

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• Matching experimental reconnection to multidimensional kinetic simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 11:18 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Samuel Greess

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Samuel Greess

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Jan Egedal

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Adam J Stanier

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • William S Daughton

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Joseph R Olson

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Ari Le

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Alexander Millet-Ayala

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Mike Clark

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • John P Wallace

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Douglass A Endrizzi

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Cary B Forest

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

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• Thermal Energy Density Driven Magnetic Reconnection

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 11:30 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 11:42 AM

  Publication: [1] B.Coppi et Al. Fizika Plasmi 6, 961 (1976).
  [2] B.Coppi and B.Basu, Phys. Lett. A, 397 (2021).

  Presenters

  • Valeria Ricci

    • CNR-ISC, Italy

  Authors

  • Valeria Ricci

    • CNR-ISC, Italy

  • Bruno Coppi

    • MIT, CNR
    • Multiple Institutions
    • MIT, CNR-ISC, Italy
    • MIT
    • CNR, MIT

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• Identifying active magnetic reconnection in simulations and in situ observations of plasma turbulence using magnetic flux transport

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 11:42 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 11:54 AM

  Publication: [1] Tak Chu Li, Yi-Hsin Liu, and Yi Qi, "Identification of Active Magnetic Reconnection Using Magnetic Flux Transport in Plasma Turbulence," ApJL, 909, L28, 2021
  [2] Yi Qi et. al. "Magnetic Flux Transport Signatures for Active Reconnection," in prep, 2021

  Presenters

  • Tak Chu Li

    • Dartmouth College

  Authors

  • Tak Chu Li

    • Dartmouth College

  • Yi-Hsin Liu

    • Dartmouth College

  • Yi Qi

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Christopher T Russell

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• A model for nonthermal particle acceleration in magnetic reconnection

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 11:54 AM – Nov. 9, 2021, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Xiaocan Li

    • Dartmouth College

  Authors

  • Xiaocan Li

    • Dartmouth College

  • Fan Guo

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Yi-Hsin Liu

    • Dartmouth College

  • Patrick F Kilian

    • Space Science Institute

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• The Scaling of Asymmetric Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection: Theory and Simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 12:06 PM – Nov. 9, 2021, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Colby C Haggerty

    • University of Hawaii

  Authors

  • Colby C Haggerty

    • University of Hawaii

  • Rostom Mbarek

    • University of Chicago

  • Lorenzo Sironi

    • Columbia University

  • Michael A Shay

    • University of Delaware

  • Damiano Caprioli

    • University of Chicago

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• Efficient Nonthermal Ion and Electron Acceleration Enabled by the Flux-Rope Kink Instability in 3D Nonrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection

  ORAL

  Nov. 9, 2021, 12:18 PM – Nov. 9, 2021, 12:30 PM

  Publication: Qile Zhang, Fan Guo, William Daughton, Xiaocan Li, Hui Li, Efficient Nonthermal Ion and Electron Acceleration Enabled by the Flux-Rope Kink Instability in 3D Nonrelativistic Magnetic Reconnection, submitted to Physical Review Letters, https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.04521

  Presenters

  • Qile Zhang

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Qile Zhang

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Fan Guo

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • William S Daughton

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Xiaocan Li

    • Dartmouth College

  • Hui Li

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

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