Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas

Session

Pre-noon I

12

10 Aug 2015, 11:10

132:028 (Nordita, Stockholm)

Conveners

Pre-noon I

• Gian Luca Delzanno (LANL)

332. Advancing the understanding of the plasma dynamics through a rigorous Verification and Validation procedure: a practical example

Prof. Paolo Ricci (CRPP, EPFL)

10/08/2015, 11:10

Workshop, August 10-14

Invited

The methodology used to assess the reliability of numerical simulation codes constitutes the Verification and Validation (V&V) procedure. V&V is composed by two separate tasks: the verification process, which is a mathematical issue targeted to assess that the physical model is correctly solved by the numerical code, and the validation, which determines the consistency of the...

354. Properties of electron pressure anisotropy in the extended electron diffusion region

Dr Andrey Divin (St. Petersburg State University)

10/08/2015, 11:35

Workshop, August 10-14

Invited

Electron diffusion region (EDR) is regarded as the key region of collisionless magnetic reconnection. Electrons are unmagnetized inside the EDR, and magnetic field lines are detached from plasma, allowing fast conversion of magnetic energy into energy of plasma. Large-scale kinetic simulations are required for understanding the EDR structure. In this study, two- dimensional...

333. Non-diffusive transport of suprathermal ions in turbulent plasmas

Mr Ivo Furno (EPFL-CRPP)

10/08/2015, 12:00

Workshop, August 10-14

Invited

Suprathermal ions with energies greater than the background plasma species are frequently observed during magnetic reconnection in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. Understanding the interaction between turbulence and suprathermal ions is a fundamental problem to shed light on the physics governing many plasma phenomena, from particle dropouts during impulsive solar energetic...