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A family of Vlasov-Maxwell equilibrium distribution functions describing a transition from the Harris sheet to the force-free Harris sheet
T. Neukirch, F. Wilson, O. Allanson
We discuss a family of Vlasov-Maxwell equilibrium distribution functions for current sheet equilibria that are intermediate cases between the Harris sheet and the force-free (or mo…
Collisionless distribution functions for force-free current sheets: using a pressure transformation to lower the plasma beta
Fiona Wilson, Thomas Neukirch, Oliver Allanson
So far, only one distribution function giving rise to a collisionless nonlinear force-free current sheet equilibrium allowing for a plasma beta less than one is known (Allanson et…
The inverse problem for collisionless plasma equilibria
O. Allanson, S. Troscheit, T. Neukirch
Vlasov-Maxwell equilibria are described by the self-consistent solutions of the time-independent Maxwell equations for the real-space dynamics of electromagnetic fields, and the Vl…
Exact Vlasov-Maxwell equilibria for asymmetric current sheets
O. Allanson, F. Wilson, T. Neukirch +2
The NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale mission has made in situ diffusion region and kinetic-scale resolution measurements of asymmetric magnetic reconnection for the first time, in th…
Particle acceleration with anomalous pitch angle scattering in 2D MHD reconnection simulations
Alexei Borissov, Eduard P. Kontar, James Threlfall +1
The conversion of magnetic energy into other forms during solar flares is one of the outstanding open problems in solar physics. It is generally accepted that magnetic reconnection…
Force-free collisionless current sheet models with non-uniform temperature and density profiles
F. Wilson, T. Neukirch, O. Allanson
We present a class of one-dimensional, strictly neutral, Vlasov-Maxwell equilibrium distribution functions for force-free current sheets, with magnetic fields defined in terms of J…