Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas

Session

Morning I

11

Aug 10, 2015, 9:30 AM

132:028 (Nordita, Stockholm)

Conveners

Morning I

• Stefano Markidis (KTH)

334. Electron-scale Dissipation near the X-line During Magnetic Reconnection and the Upcoming FLARE (Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments) Device

Prof. Hantao Ji (Princeton University)

8/10/15, 9:55 AM

Workshop, August 10-14

Keynote

Despite its disruptive influences on the large-scale structures of space and solar plasmas, the crucial topological changes and associated dissipation during magnetic reconnection take place only near an X-line within thin singular layers on the electron scales. While ion dissipation layers have been frequently detected, the existence of election layers near the X-line and the...