Turbulence in low-β reconnection

Nathaniel M. Ferraro; Barrett N. Rogers

doi:10.1063/1.1776565

Turbulence in low-β reconnection

Nathaniel M. Ferraro, Barrett N. Rogers

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The turbulence of plasmas in collisionless magnetic reconnection using a two-fluid numerical model with finite electron inertia was analyzed. The turbulence was measured by two-dimensional simulations of a slab geometry and periodic boundary conditions. It was found that the turbulence was caused due to the secondary instabilities excited from the large gradients in the out-of-plane current. The results show that the ions played an important role in the dynamics of secondary modes which could be analyzed by electron magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) model.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4382-4389
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	11
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1776565
State	Published - Sep 2004

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Condensed Matter Physics

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