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, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

    Authors

    • Xiaocan Li

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

    • 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)
    [2] Zhang et al., Phys. Plasmas 31, 082303 (2024)
    [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

      University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

    • 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
    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
    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"

    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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