Published July 2011 | Version v1
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Weibel instability and structures of magnetic island in anti-parallel collisionless magnetic reconnection

Creators

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)
  • 2. CAS Key Laboratory of Basic Plasma Physics, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 (China)
  • 3. Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
  • 4. School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, 446-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 5. Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)

Description

Two-dimensional (2D) particle-in-cell simulations are performed to investigate the structures of the out-of-plane magnetic field in magnetic island, which is produced during anti-parallel collisionless magnetic reconnection. Regular structures with alternate positive and negative values of the out-of-plane magnetic field along the x direction are formed in magnetic island. The generation mechanism of such structures is also proposed in this paper, which is due to the Weibel instability excited by the temperature anisotropy in magnetic island.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.3605029;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 072105-072105.5
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44006334
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ION TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC ISLANDS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; SIMULATION

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