4 papers
Guide-Field-mediated Multiscale Instabilities in Relativistic Reconnection
Pranab J Deka, Fabio Bacchini, Muni Zhou +1
We investigate magnetic-energy dissipation, current-sheet dynamics, and nonthermal particle acceleration in three-dimensional relativistic reconnection in an electron--ion plasma w…
3D Kinetic Simulations of Driven Reconnection in Merging Flux Tubes
Camille Granier, Fabio Bacchini, Daniel Groselj +1
We present 2D and 3D Particle-in-Cell simulations of driven collisionless magnetic reconnection triggered by the compression and merger of two Lundquist-type force-free flux tubes…
Driven Collisionless Reconnection of Force-free Flux Tubes: From Onset to Coalescence
Camille Granier, Daniel Groselj, Luca Comisso +1
We investigate the onset of driven collisionless reconnection and plasmoid formation in a magnetically dominated pair plasma, using 2D Particle-in-Cell simulations. Two force-free…
Three-dimensional Dynamics of Strongly Magnetized Ion-Electron Relativistic Reconnection
Fabio Bacchini, Gregory R. Werner, Camille Granier +1
We present 3D simulations of semirelativistic collisionless magnetic reconnection, where upstream ions are subrelativistic while electrons are ultrarelativistic. We employ the real…