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The FLARE Facility
Hantao Ji, Jongsoo Yoo, Peiyun Shi +53
The Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE) has been constructed to study magnetic reconnection in multiple X-line regimes relevant to space, astrophysical, and fu…
Correlated Spatiotemporal Evolution of Extreme-Ultraviolet Ribbons and Hard X-rays in a Solar Flare
Stephen J. Naus, Jiong Qiu, C. Richard DeVore +4
We analyze the structure and evolution of ribbons from the M7.3 SOL2014-04-18T13 flare using ultraviolet (UV) images from IRIS and SDO/AIA, magnetic data from SDO/HMI, hard X-ray (…
On the origin of switchbacks observed in the solar wind
Forrest S. Mozer, Stuart Bale, John Bonnell +3
The origin of switchbacks in the solar wind is discussed in two classes of theory that differ in the location of the source being either in the transition region near the Sun or in…
Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona
J. F. Drake, O. Agapitov, M. Swisdak +10
The structure of magnetic flux ropes injected into the solar wind during reconnection in the coronal atmosphere is explored with particle-in-cell simulations and compared with in s…
Sunward propagating whistler waves collocated with localized magnetic field holes in the solar wind: Parker Solar Probe observations at 35.7 Sun radii
O. V. Agapitov, T. Dudok de Wit, F. S. Mozer +21
Observations by the Parker Solar Probe mission of the solar wind at about 35.7 solar radii reveal the existence of whistler wave packets with frequencies below 0.1 f/fce (20-80 Hz…
Turbulence and Transport During Guide-Field Reconnection at the Magnetopause
L. Price, M Swisdak, J. F. Drake +1
We analyze the development and influence of turbulence in three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of guide-field magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause with parameters ba…
Localized and intense energy conversion in the diffusion region of asymmetric magnetic reconnection
M. Swisdak, J. F. Drake, L. Price +3
We analyze a high-resolution simulation of magnetopause reconnection observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission and explain the occurrence of strongly localized dissip…
The Twist of the Draped Interstellar Magnetic Field Ahead of the Heliopause: A Magnetic Reconnection Driven Rotational Discontinuity
M. Opher, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak +2
Based on the difference between the orientation of the interstellar and the solar magnetic fields, there was an expectation that the magnetic field direction would rotate…
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…
Kinetic signatures of the region surrounding the X-line in asymmetric (magnetopause) reconnection
M. A. Shay, T. D. Phan, C. C. Haggerty +5
Kinetic particle-in-cell simulations are used to identify signatures of the electron diffusion region (EDR) and its surroundings during asymmetric magnetic reconnection. A "shoulde…
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…
Fast Magnetic Reconnection Due to Anisotropic Electron Pressure
P. A. Cassak, R. N. Baylor, R. L. Fermo +5
A new regime of fast magnetic reconnection with an out-of-plane (guide) magnetic field is reported in which the key role is played by an electron pressure anisotropy described by t…
Dynamics of double layers, ion acceleration and heat flux suppression during solar flares
T. C. Li, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
Observations of flare-heated electrons in the corona typically suggest confinement of electrons. The confinement mechanism, however, remains unclear. The transport of coronal hot e…
The Onset of Ion Heating During Magnetic Reconnection with a Strong Guide Field
J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
The onset of the acceleration of ions during magnetic reconnection is explored via particle-in-cell simulations in the limit of a strong ambient guide field that self-consistently…
Coronal Electron Confinement by Double Layers
T. C. Li, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
In observations of flare-heated electrons in the solar corona, a longstanding problem is the unexplained prolonged lifetime of the electrons compared to their transit time across t…
On the Cause of Supra-Arcade Downflows in Solar Flares
P. A. Cassak, J. F. Drake, J. T. Gosling +3
A model of supra-arcade downflows (SADs), dark low density regions also known as tadpoles that propagate sunward during solar flares, is presented. It is argued that the regions of…
The Adiabatic Phase Mixing and Heating of Electrons in Buneman Turbulence
H. Che, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak +1
The nonlinear development of the strong Buneman instability and the associated fast electron heating in thin current layers with are explored. Phase mixing of the e…
Suppression of energetic electron transport in flares by double layers
T. C. Li, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
During flares and coronal mass ejections, energetic electrons from coronal sources typically have very long lifetimes compared to the transit times across the systems, suggesting c…
The structure of the magnetic reconnection exhaust boundary
Yi-Hsin Liu, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
The structure of shocks that form at the exhaust boundaries during collisionless reconnection of anti-parallel fields is studied using particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and modeli…
The Acceleration of Ions in Solar Flares During Magnetic Reconnection
Kalman Knizhnik, Marc Swisdak, James F. Drake
The acceleration of solar flare ions during magnetic reconnection is explored via particle-in-cell simulations that self-consistently follow the motions of both protons and par…
The effects of strong temperature anisotropy on the kinetic structure of collisionless slow shocks and reconnection exhausts. Part II: Theory
Yi-Hsin Liu, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak
Simulations of collisionless oblique propagating slow shocks have revealed the existence of a transition associated with a critical temperature anisotropy epsilon=1-mu_0(P_parallel…
Three-dimensional simulations of the orientation and structure of reconnection X-lines
R. Schreier, M. Swisdak, J. F. Drake +1
This work employs Hall magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to study the X-lines formed during the reconnection of magnetic fields with differing strengths and orientations embedd…
Electron Holes and Heating in the Reconnection Dissipation Region
H. Che, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak +1
Using particle-in-cell simulations and kinetic theory, we explore the current-driven turbulence and associated electron heating in the dissipation region during 3D magnetic reconne…
The Vector Direction of the Interstellar Magnetic Field Outside the Heliosphere
M. Swisdak, M. Opher, J. F. Drake +1
We propose that magnetic reconnection at the heliopause only occurs where the interstellar magnetic field points nearly anti-parallel to the heliospheric field. By using large-scal…