Speaker
Prof.
Joerg Buechner
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung)
Description
Magnetic reconnection is a multi-scale phenomenon which in
collisionless plasmas
involves electron and ion kinetic processes as well as macro-scale
plasma flows.
Only numerical simulation approaches allow to bridge the huge scale-
gaps between
the relevant particle and flow dynamics. We review the different
approaches taken
so far to cope with the arising difficulties and draw conclusions about
most
appropriate ways to solve the reconnection problem for hot and dilute
magnetized
plasmas.
Primary author
Prof.
Joerg Buechner
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung)
