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Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

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@article{Suttle:2018:10.1063/1.5023664,
author = {Suttle, LG and Hare, JD and Lebedev, SV and Ciardi, A and Loureiro, NF and Burdiak, GC and Chittenden, JP and Clayson, T and Halliday, JWD and Niasse, N and Russell, D and Suzuki-Vidal, F and Tubman, E and Lane, T and Ma, J and Robinson, T and Smith, RA and Stuart, N},
doi = {10.1063/1.5023664},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
title = {Ion heating and magnetic flux pile-up in a magnetic reconnection experiment with super-Alfvenic plasma inflows},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5023664},
volume = {25},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This work presents a magnetic reconnection experiment in which the kinetic, magnetic, and thermal properties of the plasma each play an important role in the overall energy balance and structure of the generated reconnection layer. Magnetic reconnection occurs during the interaction of continuous and steady flows of super-Alfvénic, magnetized, aluminum plasma, which collide in a geometry with two-dimensional symmetry, producing a stable and long-lasting reconnection layer. Optical Thomson scattering measurements show that when the layer forms, ions inside the layer are more strongly heated than electrons, reaching temperatures of Ti∼ZTe300 eV—much greater than can be expected from strong shock and viscous heating alone. Later in time, as the plasma density in the layer increases, the electron and ion temperatures are found to equilibrate, and a constant plasma temperature is achieved through a balance of the heating mechanisms and radiative losses of the plasma. Measurements from Faraday rotation polarimetry also indicate the presence of significant magnetic field pile-up occurring at the boundary of the reconnection region, which is consistent with the super-Alfvénic velocity of the inflows.
AU  - Suttle,LG
AU  - Hare,JD
AU  - Lebedev,SV
AU  - Ciardi,A
AU  - Loureiro,NF
AU  - Burdiak,GC
AU  - Chittenden,JP
AU  - Clayson,T
AU  - Halliday,JWD
AU  - Niasse,N
AU  - Russell,D
AU  - Suzuki-Vidal,F
AU  - Tubman,E
AU  - Lane,T
AU  - Ma,J
AU  - Robinson,T
AU  - Smith,RA
AU  - Stuart,N
DO  - 10.1063/1.5023664
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1070-664X
TI  - Ion heating and magnetic flux pile-up in a magnetic reconnection experiment with super-Alfvenic plasma inflows
T2  - Physics of Plasmas
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5023664
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000431142200010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/60051
VL  - 25
ER  -
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