Simulation Models for Exploring Magnetic Reconnection
Abstract
Simulations have played a critical role in the advancement of our knowledge of magnetic reconnection. However, due to the inherently multiscale nature of reconnection, it is impossible to simulate all physics at all scales. For this reason, a wide range of simulation methods have been crafted to study particular aspects and consequences of magnetic reconnection. This chapter reviews many of these methods, laying out critical assumptions, numerical techniques, and giving examples of scientific results. Plasma models described include magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Hall MHD, Hybrid, kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC), kinetic Vlasov, Fluid models with embedded PIC, Fluid models with direct feedback from energetic populations, and the Rice Convection Model (RCM).
Cite
@article{arxiv.2406.05901,
title = {Simulation Models for Exploring Magnetic Reconnection},
author = {Michael Shay and Subash Adhikari and Naoki Beesho and Joachim Birn and Jorg Buechner and Paul Cassak and Li-Jen Chen and Yuxi Chen and Giulia Cozzani and Jim Drake and Fan Guo and Michael Hesse and Neeraj Jain and Yann Pfau-Kempf and Yu Lin and Yi-Hsin Liu and Mitsuo Oka and Yuri A. Omelchenko and Minna Palmroth and Oreste Pezzi and Patricia H. Reiff and Marc Swisdak and Frank Toffoletto and Gabor Toth and Richard A. Wolf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.05901},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
Chapter 5.2 of ISSI Book on Magnetic Reconnection, submitted to Space Science Reviews