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Determining the 3D Dynamics of Solar Flare Magnetic Reconnection
Joel T. Dahlin, Spiro K. Antiochos, Peter F. Wyper +2
Solar flares are major space weather events that result from the explosive conversion of stored magnetic energy into bulk motion, plasma heating, and particle acceleration. While t…
Synthetic Remote-sensing and In-situ Observations of Fine-scale Structure in a Pseudostreamer Coronal Mass Ejection through the Solar Corona
B. J. Lynch, P. F. Wyper, E. Palmerio +11
Coronal pseudostreamer flux systems have a specific magnetic configuration that influences the morphology and evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from these regions. Here we…
X-ray/Radio Quasi-periodic Pulsations Associated with Plasmoids in Solar Flare Current Sheets
Pankaj Kumar, Judith T. Karpen, Joel T. Dahlin
Plasmoids (or magnetic islands) are believed to play an important role in the onset of fast magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration during solar flares and eruptions. Direc…
The Role of Magnetic Shear in Reconnection-Driven Flare Energy Release
J. Qiu, M. Alaoui, S. K. Antiochos +6
Using observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory's Atmosphere Imaging Assembly and the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, we present novel measurements of the she…
Quantifying Energy Release in Solar Flares and Solar Eruptive Events: New Frontiers with a Next-Generation Solar Radio Facility
Bin Chen, Dale E. Gary, Sijie Yu +16
Solar flares and the often associated solar eruptive events serve as an outstanding laboratory to study the magnetic reconnection and the associated energy release and conversion p…
Variability of the Reconnection Guide Field in Solar Flares
Joel T. Dahlin, Spiro K. Antiochos, Jiong Qiu +1
Solar flares may be the best-known examples of the explosive conversion of magnetic energy into bulk motion, plasma heating, and particle acceleration via magnetic reconnection. Th…
Slow Shock Formation Upstream of Reconnecting Current Sheets
Harry Arnold, James Drake, Marc Swisdak +3
The formation, development and impact of slow shocks in the upstream region of reconnecting current layers are explored. Slow shocks have been documented in the upstream region of…
Modeling a Coronal Mass Ejection from an Extended Filament Channel. I. Eruption and Early Evolution
Benjamin J. Lynch, Erika Palmerio, C. Richard DeVore +4
We present observations and modeling of the magnetic field configuration, morphology, and dynamics of a large-scale, high-latitude filament eruption observed by the Solar Dynamics…
Electron Acceleration during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection
Harry Arnold, James Drake, Marc Swisdak +8
The first self-consistent simulations of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection in a macroscale system are presented. Consistent with solar flare observations the spect…
Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena in Solar and Heliospheric Plasmas
H. Ji, J. Karpen, A. Alt +105
Magnetic reconnection underlies many explosive phenomena in the heliosphere and in laboratory plasmas. The new research capabilities in theory/simulations, observations, and labora…
Major Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection and Related Explosive Phenomena throughout the Universe
H. Ji, A. Alt, S. Antiochos +97
This white paper summarizes major scientific challenges and opportunities in understanding magnetic reconnection and related explosive phenomena as a fundamental plasma process.
Reconnection from a Turbulence Perspective
S. Adhikari, M. A. Shay, T. N. Parashar +6
The spectral properties associated with laminar, anti-parallel reconnection are examined using a 2.5D kinetic particle in cell (PIC) simulation. Both the reconnection rate and the…
Large-Scale Parallel Electric Fields and Return Currents in a Global Simulation Model
Harry Arnold, James Drake, Marc Swisdak +1
A new computational model, kglobal, is being developed to explore energetic electron production via magnetic reconnection in macroscale systems. The model is based on the discovery…
A Model for Energy Buildup and Eruption Onset in Coronal Mass Ejections
Joel T. Dahlin, Spiro K. Antiochos, C. Richard DeVore
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and eruptive flares (EFs) are the most energetic explosions in the solar system. Their underlying origin is the free energy that builds up slowly in t…
Astro2020 Science White Paper: Probing Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flares - New Perspectives from Radio Dynamic Imaging Spectroscopy
Bin Chen, Tim Bastian, Joel Dahlin +9
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process in many laboratory, space, and astrophysical plasma contexts. Solar flares serve as an outstanding laboratory to study the m…
A computational model for exploring particle acceleration during reconnection in macro-scale systems
J. F. Drake, H. Arnold, M. Swisdak +1
A new computational model is presented suitable for exploring the self-consistent production of energetic electrons during magnetic reconnection in macroscale systems. The equation…
The role of three-dimensional transport in driving enhanced electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection
J. T. Dahlin, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
Magnetic reconnection is an important driver of energetic particles in many astrophysical phenomena. Using kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations, we explore the impact of thre…
Parallel electric fields are inefficient drivers of energetic electrons in magnetic reconnection
J. T. Dahlin, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
We present two-dimensional kinetic simulations, with a broad range of initial guide fields, that isolate the role of parallel electric fields () in energetic electron…
Electron acceleration in three-dimensional magnetic reconnection with a guide field
J. T. Dahlin, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
Kinetic simulations of 3D collisionless magnetic reconnection with a guide field show a dramatic enhancement of energetic electron production when compared with 2D systems. In the…
The Mechanisms of Electron Heating and Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection
J. T. Dahlin, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
The heating of electrons in collisionless magnetic reconnection is explored in particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations with non-zero guide fields so that electrons remain magnetized. In…