Recent efforts on the theory of magnetic reconnection in collisionless regimes are reviewed. The differences between dissipative and collisionless reconnection are discussed. The results of simulations obtained with a new, initial value, fi?nite volume code are presented. The initial equilibrium is a tanh x for the magnetic ?eld component along y; while a strong guide fi?eld along the ignorable z direction is assumed. The con?guration is periodic along y; while perturbations are assumed to vanish at large |x|
Magnetic Reconnection: Collisionless Regimes
CALIFANO, FRANCESCO;PEGORARO, FRANCESCO
2004-01-01
Abstract
Recent efforts on the theory of magnetic reconnection in collisionless regimes are reviewed. The differences between dissipative and collisionless reconnection are discussed. The results of simulations obtained with a new, initial value, fi?nite volume code are presented. The initial equilibrium is a tanh x for the magnetic ?eld component along y; while a strong guide fi?eld along the ignorable z direction is assumed. The con?guration is periodic along y; while perturbations are assumed to vanish at large |x|File in questo prodotto:
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