Fluid and Magnetofluid Modeling of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2011-10-17 v3
Abstract
The fluid-scale evolution of relativistic magnetic reconnection is investigated by using two-fluid and magnetofluid simulation models. Relativistic two-fluid simulations demonstrate the meso-scale evolution beyond the kinetic scales, and exhibit quasi-steady Petschek-type reconnection. Resistive relativistic MHD simulations further show new shock structures in and around the downstream magnetic island (plasmoid). General discussions on these models are presented.
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@article{arxiv.1101.0370,
title = {Fluid and Magnetofluid Modeling of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection},
author = {Seiji Zenitani and Michael Hesse and Alex Klimas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0370},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figures; Proceeding of UAH WORKSHOP 2010, October 3-8, 2010; Fixed typos in the published version