Reconnection

Presentations

• Enhanced Fermi acceleration in multiscale MHD reconnection

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 5:00 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 5:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Stephen P Majeski

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Stephen P Majeski

    Princeton University

  • Hantao Ji

    Princeton University

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• Magnetic Reconnection Driven by Thermal and Non-thermal Particle Energy Densities

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 5:12 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 5:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Bruno S Coppi

    MIT, CNR, Yale Un., ENEA, MIT, ENEA, Multiple Institutions, CNR, MIT, Roma Tre University, CNR-ISC, Italy, MIT

  Authors

  • Valeria Ricci

    CNR, CNR-ISC, Italy

  • Bruno S Coppi

    MIT, CNR, Yale Un., ENEA, MIT, ENEA, Multiple Institutions, CNR, MIT, Roma Tre University, CNR-ISC, Italy, MIT

  • Bamandas Basu

    MIT

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• Current sheet equilibrium selection via relaxation and dynamo processes

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 5:24 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 5:36 PM

  Publication: Y. D. Yoon, D. E. Wendel, and G. S. Yun, "Equilibrium selection via current sheet relaxation and guide field amplification," manuscript under review

  Presenters

  • Young Dae Yoon

    Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL)

  Authors

  • Young Dae Yoon

    Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL)

  • Deirdre E Wendel

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Gunsu Yun

    Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech, Pohang University of Science and Technology

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• Onset of magnetic reconnection in poorly ionized plasmas

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 5:36 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 5:48 PM

  Publication: Paper in preparation

  Presenters

  • Elizabeth A Tolman

    Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

  Authors

  • Elizabeth A Tolman

    Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

  • Matthew W Kunz

    Princeton University, Princeton

  • James M Stone

    Institute for Advanced Study

  • Lev A Arzamasskiy

    Institute for Advanced Study

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• Laboratory study of the stability of solar-relevant, arched, line-tied magnetic flux ropes

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 5:48 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 6:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Andrew D Alt

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Andrew D Alt

    Princeton University

  • Hantao Ji

    Princeton University

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Sayak Bose

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Aaron Goodman

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Masaaki Yamada

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

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• Experimental Observation of a Field-Aligned Ion Beam Produced by Magnetic Reconnection of Two Flux Ropes on the LArge Plasma Device

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 6:12 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 6:36 PM

  Publication: Tang, Shawn Wenjie. "Ion Temperature Measurements of Two Flux Ropes in a Laboratory Plasma Experiment." PhD diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 2022.

  Presenters

  • Shawn W. Tang

    University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Shawn W. Tang

    University of California, San Diego

  • Walter N Gekelman

    University of California, Los Angeles

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• Study of the conversion of magnetic energy to plasma kinetic energy during guide field magnetic reconnection in MRX

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 6:36 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 6:48 PM

  Publication: S. Bose, W. Fox, H. Ji, J. Yoo, A. Goodman, A. Alt, M. Yamada, et al. "Conversion of magnetic energy to plasma kinetic energy during guide field reconnection in the laboratory", Under preparation.

  Presenters

  • Sayak Bose

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  Authors

  • Sayak Bose

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • William R Fox

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Hantao Ji

    Princeton University

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Aaron Goodman

    Princeton University

  • Andrew D Alt

    Princeton University

  • Masaaki Yamada

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

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• Experimental Plasma Jet Formation in a Three-dimensional Magnetic Null Point Topology

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 6:48 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 7:00 PM

  Publication: Chesny, D. L., Moffett, M. B., Orange, N. B., Hatfield, K. W. (2022), "Experimental Plasma Jet Formation in a Three-dimensional Magnetic Null Point Topology," Physical Review E, under review
  
  Chesny, D. L., Moffett, M. B., Hatfield, K. W., Cole, J., Landers, K., Shokrollahi, Y., Ege, F. (2022), "Operation and Qualification of Coaxial Plasma Gun Modes with a Gas Puff Inlet," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, in press, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2022.3178048
  
  Chesny, D. L., Moffett, M. B., Cole, J., Orange, N. B., Baptiste, U. (2022), "Development and Experimental Verification of a Strong Field Fan-spine Magnetic Null Point Topology," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, in press, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2022.3172376

  Presenters

  • David L Chesny

    SpaceWave, LLC

  Authors

  • David L Chesny

    SpaceWave, LLC

  • Mark B. B Moffett

    SpaceWave, LLC

  • Norton B Orange

    SpaceWave, LLC

  • Kaleb W Hatfield

    Florida Institute of Technology

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• Dynamics of a guide-field reconnection layer: Pathway to collisionless dissipation

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 7:00 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 7:12 PM

  Publication: Lower-Hybrid Drift Waves Driving Electron Nongyrotropic Heating and Vortical Flows in a Magnetic Reconnection Layer, https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.025103

  Presenters

  • Li-jen Chen

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  Authors

  • Li-jen Chen

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Jonathan Ng

    University of Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Naoki Bessho

    University of Maryland, College Park; NASA GSFC, University of Maryland, College Park; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • James F Drake

    University of Maryland, College Park

  • Jason Shuster

    University of Maryland, College Park

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• Dynamics of shear flows in magnetic island coalescence problem using Hall-MHD model

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 7:12 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 7:24 PM

  Publication: 1. P. Cassak, Physics of Plasmas 18, 072106 (2011).
  2. J. Mahapatra, A. Bokshi, R. Ganesh, A. Sen, Phys. Plasmas 28, 072103 (2021).
  3. J. Mahapatra, R. Ganesh, A. Sen, Manuscript under preparation (2022).
  4. C. Xia, J. Teunissen, I. El Mellah, E. Chane, R. Keppens, The Astrophys. J. 234, 30 (2018).
  5. A. Stanier, W. Daughton, L. Chacón, H. Karimabadi, J. Ng, Y. M. Huang, A. Hakim, A. Bhattacharjee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 175004 (2015).

  Presenters

  • Jagannath Mahapatra

    Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat

  Authors

  • Jagannath Mahapatra

    Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat

  • Rajaraman Ganesh

    Institute for Plasma Research, Instittute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat-382428, India, Institute for Plasma Research, HBNI, Gandhinagar

  • Abhijit Sen

    Inst for Plasm Res, Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India, Institute for Plasma Research

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• Reconnection-Driven Energy Cascade in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 7:24 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 7:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Chuanfei Dong

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  Authors

  • Chuanfei Dong

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Liang Wang

    Princeton University

  • Luca Comisso

    Columbia Univ., Columbia University

  • Yi-Min Huang

    Princeton University

  • Timothy A Sandstrom

    NASA Ames Research Center

  • Amitava Bhattacharjee

    Princeton University, Princeton University, PPPL, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

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• Capturing kinetic counter-streaming effects in magnetic reconnection using 4-fluid plasma simulations

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 7:36 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 7:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Madox C McGrae-Menge

    University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Madox C McGrae-Menge

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jacob R Pierce

    University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

  • Mark Almanza

    University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  • Jason Chou

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Nathaniel Barbour

    University of Maryland, College Park

  • Noah R Mandell

    MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alexander Velberg

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  • William D Dorland

    University of Maryland Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park

  • Nuno F Loureiro

    MIT PSFC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Frederico Fiuza

    SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SLAC

  • Paulo Alves

    University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA, USA, UCLA

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• A two-dimensional numerical study of ion-acoustic turbulence and its potential impact on magnetic reconnection onset

  ORAL

  Oct. 18, 2022, 7:48 PM – Oct. 18, 2022, 8:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Zhuo Liu

    MIT PSFC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Zhuo Liu

    MIT PSFC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ryan White

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Lucio Milanese

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Nuno F Loureiro

    MIT PSFC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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