Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 265003 (2001) [4 pages]

Scaling of Collisionless Forced Reconnection

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Xiaogang Wang^1,2, A. Bhattacharjee¹, and Z. W. Ma¹
¹Center for Magnetic Reconnection Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
²School of Advanced Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China 116024

Received 16 January 2001; revised 20 September 2001; published 7 December 2001

The scaling of the reconnection electric field in a collisionless plasma is determined analytically for a model of forced reconnection. In particular, the dependence of the length of the reconnection layer on the ion skin depth and the boundary conditions is calculated explicitly. Analytical results are tested by Hall magnetohydrodynamics simulations.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.265003

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.265003

PACS:

52.35.Vd, 52.30.Ex, 94.30.Kq

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 265003 (2001) [4 pages]

Scaling of Collisionless Forced Reconnection