3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2004
Influence of the Lower Hybrid Drift Instability on the onset of Magnetic Reconnection
Paolo Ricci, J. U. Brackbill, W. Daughton +1
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional kinetic simulation results reveal the importance of the Lower-Hybrid Drift Instability LHDI to the onset of magnetic reconnection. Both explic…
astro-ph2003
Electron acceleration and heating in collisionless magnetic reconnection
Paolo Ricci, Giovanni Lapenta, J. U. Brackbill
We discuss electron acceleration and heating during collisionless magnetic reconnection by using the results of implicit kinetic simulations of Harris current sheets. We consider a…
astro-ph2003
Kinetic simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection in presence of a guide field
P. Ricci, J. U. Brackbill, W. Daughton +1
The results of kinetic simulations of magnetic reconnection in Harris current sheets are analyzed. A range of guide fields is considered to study reconnection in plasmas characteri…