Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 4, 049 (2009)

Rapid Communications

First Demonstration of Collisionless Driven Reconnection in a Multi-Hierarchy Simulation
Shunsuke USAMI1), Hiroaki OHTANI1,2), Ritoku HORIUCHI1,2) and Mitsue DEN3)
1)
National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan
2)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Toki 509-5292, Japan
3)
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei 184-8795, Japan
(Received 31 August 2009 / Accepted 22 September 2009 / Published 5 November 2009)

Abstract

A multi-hierarchy simulation model for magnetic reconnection studies is developed in which macroscopic and microscopic physics are expressed consistently and simultaneously. We are the first to have successfully demonstrated collisionless driven reconnection in the framework of a multi-hierarchy model. Magnetic reconnection is found to occur in a micro-hierarchy upon plasma injection from a macro-hierarchy.

Keywords

multi-hierarchy simulation, magnetic reconnection, MHD, PIC

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.4.049

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Shunsuke USAMI, Hiroaki OHTANI, Ritoku HORIUCHI and Mitsue DEN, Plasma Fusion Res. 4, 049 (2009).