Universality of Fast Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection under High Landquist Number
Abstract
We report simulation results for turbulent magnetic reconnection under high Lundquist number using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics model. By exerting
external turbulences with different amplitudes of driver and different Lundquist numbers, it is found that the normalized global reconnection rate can be about 0.02 - 0.1, with the driver ranging from 0 to moderate value. The rate is nearly independent on Lundquist number, proving that occurs fast turbulent reconnection, during which the classic X-point inflow/outflow picture is preserved and magnetic flux ropes (plasmoids in 2D) are hierarchically formed and ejected. A stochastic separation of the reconnected magnetic field lines with large opening angles follows a super-diffusion, from which the rate is measured to be nearly the same values as that obtained from the mixing of traced populations.- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AGUFMSH33D3416Y
- Keywords:
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- 7829 Kinetic waves and instabilities;
- SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS;
- 7835 Magnetic reconnection;
- SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS;
- 7836 MHD waves and instabilities;
- SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS;
- 7863 Turbulence;
- SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS