5 papers
Radiative PIC simulations of relativistic pair plasma: multiple interacting current sheets and turbulent evolution
Fulvia Pucci, Elena Amato, Dario Borgogno +5
Two-dimensional relativistic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of radiative magnetic reconnection in pair plasmas with multiple interacting current sheets are carried out to mimic…
Pair-loaded electron-only magnetic reconnection using laser-driven capacitor coils
Brandon K. Russell, Qian Qian, Rebecca Fitzgarrald +12
We propose and simulate a laboratory platform to study the effects of positrons in magnetic reconnection using laser-driven capacitor coils. Using particle-in-cell simulations, we…
Energetic spectra from semi-implicit particle-in-cell simulations of magnetic reconnection
K. M. Schoeffler, F. Bacchini, K. Kormann +2
Astrophysical observations suggest that magnetic reconnection in relativistic plasmas plays an important role in the acceleration of energetic particles. Modeling this accurately r…
Bridging the Gap between Collisional and Collisionless Plasma Shocks: A Simulation Study using OSIRIS
Yossef Nissim Kindi, Asaf Pe'er, Antoine Bret +2
Shock waves in plasmas can be characterized by the mechanisms behind their formation. When binary collisions are frequent, dissipation is collision-driven and the shock width is a…
Particle-in-cell simulations of the tearing instability for relativistic pair plasmas
K. M. Schoeffler, B. Eichmann, F. Pucci +1
Two-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations explore the collisionless tearing instability developing in a Harris equilibrium configuration in a pair (electron-positron) plas…