2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2025
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…
physics.plasm-ph2024
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…