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Suppression of the collisionless tearing mode by flow shear: implications for reconnection onset in the Alfvénic solar wind
A. Mallet, S. Eriksson, M. Swisdak +1
We analyse the collisionless tearing mode instability of a current sheet with a strong shear flow across the layer. The growth rate decreases with increasing shear flow, and is com…
Magnetic reconnection-driven energization of protons up to 400 keV at the near-Sun heliospheric current sheet
M. I. Desai, J. F. Drake, T. Phan +22
We report observations of direct evidence of energetic protons being accelerated above ~400 keV within the reconnection exhaust of a heliospheric current sheet (HCS) crossing by NA…
Simultaneous Proton and Electron Energization during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection
Zhiyu Yin, James F. Drake, Marc Swisdak
The results of simulations of magnetic reconnection accompanied by electron and proton heating and energization in a macroscale system are presented. Both species form extended pow…
The Interplay Between Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence
J. E. Stawarz, P. A. Muñoz, N. Bessho +13
Alongside magnetic reconnection, turbulence is another fundamental nonlinear plasma phenomenon that plays a key role in energy transport and conversion in space and astrophysical p…
Reduction of the downward energy flux of non-thermal electrons in the solar flare corona due to co-spatial return current losses
Meriem Alaoui, Gordon D. Holman, Marc Swisdak
High energy electrons carry much of a solar flare's energy. Therefore, understanding changes in electron beam distributions during their propagation is crucial. A key focus of this…
Magnetic Reconnection on a Klein Bottle
Luke Xia, M. Swisdak
We present a new boundary condition for simulations of magnetic reconnection based on the topology of a Klein bottle. When applicable, the new condition is computationally cheaper…