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Mildly relativistic magnetized shocks in electron-ion plasmas I. Electromagnetic shock structure
Arianna Ligorini, Jacek Niemiec, Oleh Kobzar +8
Mildly relativistic shocks in magnetized electron-ion plasmas are investigated with 2D kinetic particle-in-cell simulations of unprecedentedly high resolution and large scale for c…
Nonthermal electron and ion acceleration by magnetic reconnection in large laser-driven plasmas
Samuel Totorica, Masahiro Hoshino, Tom Abel +1
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process that is thought to play a key role in the production of nonthermal particles associated with explosive phenomena in space phys…
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…
Kinetic simulation of nonrelativistic perpendicular shocks of young supernova remnants. IV. Electron heating
Artem Bohdan, Martin Pohl, Jacek Niemiec +4
High Mach number collisionless shocks are found in planetary systems and supernova remnants (SNRs). Electrons are heated at these shocks to the temperature well above the Rankine-H…
Stabilization of Magnetic Reconnection in Relativistic Current Sheet
Masahiro Hoshino
Recently, magnetic reconnection, where a relativistically hot plasma is confined by a strong magnetic field, has received great attention in relation to astrophysical objects (e.g.…
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.