Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection

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Andrés, Nahuel; Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel; Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo
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2016
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We study the role of the Hall current and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection within the framework of full two-fluid MHD. At spatial scales smaller than the electron inertial length, a topological change of magnetic field lines exclusively due to electron inertia becomes possible. Assuming stationary conditions, we derive a theoretical scaling for the reconnection rate, which is simply proportional to the Hall parameter. Using a pseudo-spectral code with no dissipative effects, our numerical results confirm this theoretical scaling. In particular, for a sequence of different Hall parameter values, our numerical results show that the width of the current sheet is independent of the Hall parameter while its thickness is of the order of the electron inertial range, thus confirming that the stationary reconnection rate is proportional to the Hall parameter.
Fil: Andrés, Nahuel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina
Fil: Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
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Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
MHD
Hall effect
Electron inertia
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spelling Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnectionAndrés, NahuelDmitruk, Pablo ArielGomez, Daniel OsvaldoCollisionless Magnetic ReconnectionMHDHall effectElectron inertiahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We study the role of the Hall current and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection within the framework of full two-fluid MHD. At spatial scales smaller than the electron inertial length, a topological change of magnetic field lines exclusively due to electron inertia becomes possible. Assuming stationary conditions, we derive a theoretical scaling for the reconnection rate, which is simply proportional to the Hall parameter. Using a pseudo-spectral code with no dissipative effects, our numerical results confirm this theoretical scaling. In particular, for a sequence of different Hall parameter values, our numerical results show that the width of the current sheet is independent of the Hall parameter while its thickness is of the order of the electron inertial range, thus confirming that the stationary reconnection rate is proportional to the Hall parameter.Fil: Andrés, Nahuel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; ArgentinaFil: Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaAmerican Institute of Physics2016-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/21550Andrés, Nahuel; Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel; Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo; Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection; American Institute of Physics; Physics Of Plasmas; 23; 2; 3-2016; 1-9;0229031070-664XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1063/1.4942418info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4942418info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.01169info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:24:45Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/21550instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:24:45.295CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
title Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
spellingShingle Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
Andrés, Nahuel
Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
MHD
Hall effect
Electron inertia
title_short Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
title_full Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
title_fullStr Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
title_full_unstemmed Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
title_sort Influence of the Hall effect and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Andrés, Nahuel
Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel
Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo
author Andrés, Nahuel
author_facet Andrés, Nahuel
Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel
Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo
author_role author
author2 Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel
Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
MHD
Hall effect
Electron inertia
topic Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
MHD
Hall effect
Electron inertia
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We study the role of the Hall current and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection within the framework of full two-fluid MHD. At spatial scales smaller than the electron inertial length, a topological change of magnetic field lines exclusively due to electron inertia becomes possible. Assuming stationary conditions, we derive a theoretical scaling for the reconnection rate, which is simply proportional to the Hall parameter. Using a pseudo-spectral code with no dissipative effects, our numerical results confirm this theoretical scaling. In particular, for a sequence of different Hall parameter values, our numerical results show that the width of the current sheet is independent of the Hall parameter while its thickness is of the order of the electron inertial range, thus confirming that the stationary reconnection rate is proportional to the Hall parameter.
Fil: Andrés, Nahuel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina
Fil: Gomez, Daniel Osvaldo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
description We study the role of the Hall current and electron inertia in collisionless magnetic reconnection within the framework of full two-fluid MHD. At spatial scales smaller than the electron inertial length, a topological change of magnetic field lines exclusively due to electron inertia becomes possible. Assuming stationary conditions, we derive a theoretical scaling for the reconnection rate, which is simply proportional to the Hall parameter. Using a pseudo-spectral code with no dissipative effects, our numerical results confirm this theoretical scaling. In particular, for a sequence of different Hall parameter values, our numerical results show that the width of the current sheet is independent of the Hall parameter while its thickness is of the order of the electron inertial range, thus confirming that the stationary reconnection rate is proportional to the Hall parameter.
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CONICET Digital
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