Role of dispersive waves in collisionless magnetic reconnection

被引：220

作者：

Rogers, BN ^{[1
]}

Denton, RE

Drake, JF

Shay, MA

机构：

[1] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, Hanover, NH 03755 USA

[2] Univ Maryland, Inst Plasma Res, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2001年 / 87卷 / 19期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.195004

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection show a dramatic enhancement of the nonlinear reconnection rate due to the formation of an open outflow region. Ve link the formation of this open configuration to dispersive whistler and kinetic Alfven wave dynamics at small scales. The roles of these two waves are controlled by two dimensionless parameters, which allow us to identify regions of fast and slow reconnection.

引用

页码：1 / 195004

页数：4

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