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Linear Tearing Growth and Onset of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection in the Presence of Shear Flows and a Guide Field
Sarah Peery, Yi-Hsin Liu
It has been shown in non-relativistic tearing theory that shear flows will slow the linear phase of tearing instability and can delay onset of magnetic reconnection. We find using…
On the Effect of Driving Turbulent-like Fluctuations on a Harris-Current Sheet Configuration and the Formation of Plasmoids
Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda, Yi-Hsin Liu, Kai Germaschewski +2
Energy dissipation in collisionless plasmas is one of the most outstanding open questions in plasma physics. Magnetic reconnection and turbulence are two phenomena that can produce…
Simulation Models for Exploring Magnetic Reconnection
Michael Shay, Subash Adhikari, Naoki Beesho +22
Simulations have played a critical role in the advancement of our knowledge of magnetic reconnection. However, due to the inherently multiscale nature of reconnection, it is imposs…
Ohm's Law, the Reconnection Rate, and Energy Conversion in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
Yi-Hsin Liu, Michael Hesse, Kevin Genestreti +12
Magnetic reconnection is a ubiquitous plasma process that transforms magnetic energy into particle energy during eruptive events throughout the universe. Reconnection not only conv…
Conditions for Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection under the Presence of Shear Flow and Guide Field
Sarah Peery, Yi-Hsin Liu, Xiaocan Li
The scaling of the relativistic reconnection outflow speed is studied in the presence of both shear flows parallel to the reconnecting magnetic fields and guide fields pointing out…
First-Principles Theory of the Rate of Magnetic Reconnection in Magnetospheric and Solar Plasmas
Yi-Hsin Liu, Paul Cassak, Xiaocan Li +3
The rate of magnetic reconnection is of the utmost importance in a variety of processes because it controls, for example, the rate energy is released in solar flares, the speed of…