2009/09/28 by Seiji Zenitani, Michael Hesse, Alex Klimas · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical jet #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Field (mathematics) #Inertial frame of reference #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Magnetic field #Magnetic reconnection #Outflow #Plasma #Relativistic plasma #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0004-637x/705/1/907
published as Astrophys.J.705:907-913,2009 · 8 pages, 5 figures; To appear in ApJ
arxiv created 2009/09/28 · openalex publication_date 2009/10/16 · arxiv updated 2014/11/20 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The nonlinear evolution of relativistic magnetic reconnection in sheared magnetic configuration (with a guide field) is investigated by using two-dimensional relativistic two-fluid simulations. Relativistic guide field reconnection features the charge separation and the guide field compression in and around the outflow channel. As the guide field increases, the composition of the outgoing energy changes from enthalpy-dominated to Poynting-dominated. The inertial effects of the two-fluid model play an important role to sustain magnetic reconnection. Implications for the single-fluid magnetohydrodynamic approach and the physics models of relativistic reconnection are briefly addressed.