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Onset of fast magnetic reconnection and particle energization in laboratory and space plasmas

Part of: Fundamental Problems of Plasma Astrophysics Focus on Plasma Astrophysics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2020

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F. Pucci*
Affiliation:
LASP, University of Colorado Boulder, 1234 Innovation Dr, Boulder, CO80303, USA International Research Collaboration Center, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Tokyo105-0001, Japan
M. Velli
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
C. Shi
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA
K. A. P. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Institute of Science, BHU, Varanasi221005, India Astronomical Observatory, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Yamashina, Kyoto607-8471, Japan
A. Tenerani
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, TX78712, USA
F. Alladio
Affiliation:
FSN Department, Centro Ricerche ENEA di Frascati, 45, Via E. Fermi, I-00044Frascati, Italy
F. Ambrosino
Affiliation:
National Institute for Astrophysics-Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Via Frascati 33, I-00078Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Italy National Institute for Astrophysics-Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133Rome, Italy Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185Rome, Italy
P. Buratti
Affiliation:
FSN Department, Centro Ricerche ENEA di Frascati, 45, Via E. Fermi, I-00044Frascati, Italy
W. Fox
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, 08543-0451, New Jersey, USA
J. Jara-Almonte
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, 08543-0451, New Jersey, USA
H. Ji
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, 08543-0451, New Jersey, USA
M. Yamada
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, 08543-0451, New Jersey, USA
J. Yoo
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, 08543-0451, New Jersey, USA
S. Okamura
Affiliation:
International Research Collaboration Center, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Tokyo105-0001, Japan
R. Ergun
Affiliation:
LASP, University of Colorado Boulder, 1234 Innovation Dr, Boulder, CO80303, USA
S. Hoilijoki
Affiliation:
LASP, University of Colorado Boulder, 1234 Innovation Dr, Boulder, CO80303, USA
S. Schwartz
Affiliation:
LASP, University of Colorado Boulder, 1234 Innovation Dr, Boulder, CO80303, USA
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Abstract

The onset of magnetic reconnection in space, astrophysical and laboratory plasmas is reviewed discussing results from theory, numerical simulations and observations. After a brief introduction on magnetic reconnection and approach to the question of onset, we first discuss recent theoretical models and numerical simulations, followed by observations of reconnection and its effects in space and astrophysical plasmas from satellites and ground-based detectors, as well as measurements of reconnection in laboratory plasma experiments. Mechanisms allowing reconnection spanning from collisional resistivity to kinetic effects as well as partial ionization are described, providing a description valid over a wide range of plasma parameters, and therefore applicable in principle to many different astrophysical and laboratory environments. Finally, we summarize the implications of reconnection onset physics for plasma dynamics throughout the Universe and illustrate how capturing the dynamics correctly is important to understanding particle acceleration. The goal of this review is to give a view on the present status of this topic and future interesting investigations, offering a unified approach.

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astrophysical plasmasfusion plasma
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 86 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , 535860601
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