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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 7, 1401001 (2012)

Regular Articles

Visualization of Particle Trajectories in Time-Varying Electromagnetic Fields by CAVE-Type Virtual Reality System
Nobuaki OHNO, Hiroaki OHTANI1,2), Daisuke MATSUOKA3) and Ritoku HORIUCHI1,2)
University of Hyogo, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
1)
National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
2)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
3)
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0001, Japan
(Received 15 June 2011 / Accepted 10 November 2011 / Published 27 January 2012)

Abstract

The particle kinetic effects play an important role in breaking the frozen-in condition and exciting collisionless magnetic reconnection in high temperature plasmas. Because this effect is originating from a complex thermal motion near reconnection point, it is very important to examine particle trajectories using scientific visualization technique, especially in the presence of plasma instability. We developed interactive visualization environment for the particle trajectories in time-varying electromagnetic fields in the CAVE-type virtual reality system based on VFIVE, which is interactive visualization software for the CAVE system. From the analysis of ion trajectories using the particle simulation data, it was found that time-varying electromagnetic fields around the reconnection region accelerate ions toward the downstream region.

Keywords

scientific visualization, virtual reality, CAVE, particle trajectory, time-varying field

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.7.1401001

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Nobuaki OHNO, Hiroaki OHTANI, Daisuke MATSUOKA and Ritoku HORIUCHI, Plasma Fusion Res. 7, 1401001 (2012).