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Fundamental: Magnetic Reconnection

ORAL · GO09 · ID: 18056

Presentations

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Publication: [1] Y. Hu et al. Rev. Sci. Instr. 92, 033534 (2021). <br>[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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Publication: [1] B.Coppi et Al. Fizika Plasmi 6, 961 (1976).<br>[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

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

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    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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