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Tutorial/Invited Session: Space and Astro Reconnection and Shocks

INVITED · PT02 · ID: 3586697

Presentations

  • Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection in Astrophysical Plasmas

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-astro-020325-115713

    Presenters

    • Lorenzo Sironi

      Columbia University

    Authors

    • Lorenzo Sironi

      Columbia University

    • Dmitri A Uzdensky

      University of Oxford

    • Dimitrios Giannios

      Purdue University

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  • Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in 3D Solar Flare Simulations

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Energy Conversion and Electron Acceleration and Transport in 3D Simulations of Solar Flares, submitted to The Astrophysical Journal.

    Presenters

    • Xiaocan Li

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Authors

    • Xiaocan Li

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos National Laboratory

    • Chengcai Shen

      Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    • Xiaoyan Xie

      Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    • Fan Guo

      Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    • Bin Chen

      New Jersey Institute of Technology

    • Ivan Oparin

      New Jersey Institute of Technology

    • Yuqian Wei

      New Jersey Institute of Technology

    • Sijie Yu

      New Jersey Institute of Technology

    • Jeongbhin Seo

      Los Alamos National Laboratory

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  • Electron-only reconnection and inverse magnetic-energy transfer at sub-ion scales

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Liu, Zhuo, Caio Silva, Lucio M. Milanese, Muni Zhou, Noah R. Mandell, and Nuno F. Loureiro. "Electron-Only Magnetic Reconnection and Inverse Magnetic-Energy Transfer at Subion Scales." Physical Review Letters 134, no. 15 (2025): 155201.

    Presenters

    • Zhuo Liu

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Authors

    • Zhuo Liu

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Caio Silva

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Noah Roth Mandell

      Type One Energy Group

    • Muni Zhou

      Dartmouth College

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  • Magnetized collisionless shocks in the Universe and the laboratory

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: [1] Zhang et al., Phys. Plasmas 28, 072111 (2021)<br>[2] Zhang et al., Phys. Plasmas 31, 082303 (2024)<br>[3] Zhang et al., "Collisionless ion-electron energy exchange in magnetized shocks." Phys. Rev. Lett., in review [Zhang, Y., et al., arXiv:2504.17774 (2025)]

    Presenters

    • Yu (Victor) Zhang

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    Authors

    • Yu (Victor) Zhang

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

    • Peter V Heuer

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University of Rochester

    • Han Wen

      University of Rochester

    • Jonathan R Davies

      University of Rochester

    • Chuang Ren

      University of Rochester

    • Fernando Garcia Rubio

      Pacific Fusion Corporation, Pacific Fusion

    • Derek B Schaeffer

      University of California, Los Angeles

    • Antoine Bret

      Univeristy de Castilla-La Mancha

    • Junchi Zhang

      Laboratory for Laser Energetics

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  • Comprehensive magnetized collisionless shock observations with deep learning aided diagnostic analysis

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: 1E. R. Tubman, M. Pokornik, C. J. Bruulsema, R. S. Dorst, F. Fiuza, D. P. Higginson, D. J. Larson, M. J.-E. Manuel, K. Moczulski, B. B. Pollock, J. S. Ross, G. F. Swadling, P. Tzeferacos, H. -S. Park. "Observation of ion reflection and shock separation in supercritical, laser-driven, magnetized collisionless conditions", in preparation<br>2Pokornik, M., Higginson, D. P., Swadling, G., Larson, D., Moczulski, K., Pollock, B., Tubman, E., Tzeferacos, P., Park, H. S., Beg, F., Arefiev, A., & Manuel, M. (2024). "A deep learning approach to fast analysis of collective Thomson scattering spectra" Physics of Plasmas, 31(7), 072115. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0201148<br>3M. Pokornik, R.S. Dorst, E. R. Tubman, C. J. Bruulsema, D.P. Higginson, G. Swadling, D. Larson, M. Manuel, S. Bolaños, B. Pollock, K. Moczulski, P. Tzeferacos, T. Bachmann, F. Fuiza, H. -S. Park, F. Beg, A. Arefiev. "Predicting arbitrary particle velocity distribution functions from Thomson scattering spectra"<br><br>

    Presenters

    • Michael Pokornik

      University of California San Diego

    Authors

    • Michael Pokornik

      University of California San Diego

    • Robert S Dorst

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Eleanor Tubman

      University of California, Berkeley

    • Colin J Bruulsema

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Drew P Higginson

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • George F Swadling

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • David Jeffrey Larson

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Mario J Manuel

      General Atomics

    • Simon Bolaños

      University of California, San Diego

    • Kassie Moczulski

      University of Rochester

    • Petros Tzeferacos

      University of Rochester

    • Tristan Bachmann

      University of Rochester

    • Frederico Fiuza

      Instituto Superior Tecnico

    • Hye-Sook Park

      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    • Farhat N Beg

      University of California, San Diego

    • Alexey Arefiev

      University of California, San Diego

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