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Laboratory modelling of solar wind interaction with Lunar Magnetic Anomalies
M. S. Rumenskikh, A. A. Chibranov, M. A. Efimov +8
The paper presents results of laboratory experiment modeling the interaction between Lunar magnetic anomalies and Solar wind. To model the LMA we use quadrupole magnetic field. The…
Separatrices: the crux of reconnection
Giovanni Lapenta, Stefano Markidis, Andrey Divin +2
Reconnection is one of the key processes in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas: it is the opposite of a dynamo. Looking at energy, a dynamo transforms kinetic energy in magnetic…
Electromagnetic Energy Conversion in Downstream Fronts from 3D Kinetic Reconnection
Giovanni Lapenta, Martin Goldman, David Newman +2
The electromagnetic energy equation is analyzed term by term in a 3D simulation of kinetic reconnection previously reported by \citet{vapirev2013formation}. The evolution presents…
Kinetic Simulations of Plasmoid Chain Dynamics
Stefano Markidis, Pierre Henri, Giovanni Lapenta +4
The dynamics of a plasmoid chain is studied with three dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations. The evolution of the system with and without a uniform guide field, whose strength…
Collisionless magnetic reconnection in a plasmoid chain
Stefano Markidis, Pierre Henri, Giovanni Lapenta +4
The kinetic features of plasmoid chain formation and evolution are investigated by two dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations. Magnetic reconnection is initiated in multiple X po…
Bipolar Electric Field Signatures of Reconnection Separatrices for a Hydrogen Plasma at Realistic Guide Fields
G. Lapenta, S. Markidis, A. Divin +2
In preparation for the MMS mission we ask the question: how common are bipolar signatures linked to the presence of electron holes along separatrices emanating from reconnection re…