Display options
Cite
Ohia O, Egedal J, Lukin VS, et al. Demonstration of anisotropic fluid closure capturing the kinetic structure of magnetic reconnection. Phys Rev Lett. 2012;109(11):115004doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004.
Ohia, O., Egedal, J., Lukin, V. S., Daughton, W., & Le, A. (2012). Demonstration of anisotropic fluid closure capturing the kinetic structure of magnetic reconnection. Physical review letters, 109(11), 115004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004
Ohia, O, et al. "Demonstration of anisotropic fluid closure capturing the kinetic structure of magnetic reconnection." Physical review letters vol. 109,11 (2012): 115004. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004
Ohia O, Egedal J, Lukin VS, Daughton W, Le A. Demonstration of anisotropic fluid closure capturing the kinetic structure of magnetic reconnection. Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Sep 14;109(11):115004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004. Epub 2012 Sep 13. PMID: 23005640.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Sep 14;109(11):115004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004. Epub 2012 Sep 13.

Demonstration of anisotropic fluid closure capturing the kinetic structure of magnetic reconnection.

Physical review letters

O Ohia, J Egedal, V S Lukin, W Daughton, A Le

Affiliations

  1. Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

PMID: 23005640 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.115004

Abstract

Collisionless magnetic reconnection in high-temperature plasmas has been widely studied through fluid-based models. Here, we present results of fluid simulation implementing new equations of state for guide-field reconnection. The new fluid closure accurately accounts for the anisotropic electron pressure that builds in the reconnection region due to electric and magnetic trapping of electrons. In contrast to previous fluid models, our fluid simulation reproduces the detailed reconnection region as observed in fully kinetic simulations. We hereby demonstrate that the new fluid closure self-consistently captures all the physics relevant to the structure of the reconnection region, providing a gateway to a renewed and deeper theoretical understanding of reconnection in weakly collisional regimes.

Publication Types