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On the periodicity of linear and nonlinear oscillatory reconnection
J. O. Thurgood, D. I. Pontin, J. A. McLaughlin
(Abridged for ArXiv) An injection of energy towards a magnetic null point can drive reversals of current sheet polarity leading to time-dependent Oscillatory Reconnection, which is…
Resistively-limited current sheet implosions in planar anti-parallel (1D) and null-point containing (2D) magnetic field geometries
J. O. Thurgood, D. I. Pontin, J. A. McLaughlin
Implosive formation of current sheets is a fundamental plasma process. Previous studies focused on the early time evolution, while here our primary aim is to explore the longer-ter…
Implosive collapse about magnetic null points: A quantitative comparison between 2D and 3D nulls
J. O. Thurgood, D. I. Pontin, J. A. McLaughlin
Null collapse is an implosive process whereby MHD waves focus their energy in the vicinity of a null point, forming a current sheet and initiating magnetic reconnection. We conside…
Three-dimensional oscillatory magnetic reconnection
J. O. Thurgood, D. I. Pontin, J. A. McLaughlin
Here we detail the dynamic evolution of localised reconnection regions about three-dimensional (3D) magnetic null points by using numerical simulation. We demonstrate for the first…
Particle-in-cell simulations of the relaxation of electron beams in inhomogeneous solar wind plasmas
J. O. Thurgood, D. Tsiklauri
Previous theoretical considerations of electron beam relaxation in inhomogeneous plasmas have indicated that the effects of the irregular solar wind may account for the poor agreem…
Self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations of fundamental and harmonic plasma radio emission mechanisms
J. O. Thurgood, D. Tsiklauri
Aims. The simulation of three-wave interaction based plasma emission, thought to be the underlying mechanism for Type III solar radio bursts, is a challenging task requiring fully-…