Matching experimental reconnection to multidimensional kinetic simulations
ORAL
Abstract
The normalized rate of reconnection is a measure of the upstream plasma inflow velocity compared to the local Alfven velocity. For large systems this rate is typically on the order of 0.1 but can become larger as system size decreases. Numerical and experimental results for Terrestrial Reconnection EXperiment (TREX) are applied in tandem to elucidate the qualities of reconnection in a low-density environment. Prior TREX experimental results document how the rate of reconnection varies relative to the size of the system [1]. Here we present new simulation results demonstrating agreement with the experimental rate scaling. Further new analyses exhibiting the matching between TREX simulations and the TREX experiment will also be shown.
[1] Olson et al., JPP (2021) 87, 3, 175870301.
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Presenters
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Samuel Greess
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Authors
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Samuel Greess
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Jan Egedal
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Adam J Stanier
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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William S Daughton
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Joseph R Olson
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Ari Le
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab
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Alexander Millet-Ayala
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Mike Clark
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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John P Wallace
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Douglass A Endrizzi
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Cary B Forest
University of Wisconsin - Madison