Particle-in-cell simulations of fast magnetic reconnection in laser-plasma interaction

Ze Chen Zhang; Quan Ming Lu; Quan Li Dong; San Lu; Can Huang; Ming Yu Wu; Zheng Ming Sheng; Shui Wang; Jie Zhang

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/30/4/045201

Particle-in-cell simulations of fast magnetic reconnection in laser-plasma interaction

Ze Chen Zhang
, Quan Ming Lu^*
, Quan Li Dong
, San Lu
, Can Huang
, Ming Yu Wu
, Zheng Ming Sheng
, Shui Wang
, Jie Zhang

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Science and Technology of China
Ludong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Abstract

Recent experiments have observed magnetic reconnection in laser-produced high-energy-density (HED) plasma bubbles. We perform two-dimensional (2-D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations to investigate magnetic reconnection between two approaching HED plasma bubbles. It is found that the expanding velocity of the bubbles has a great influence on the process of magnetic reconnection. When the expanding velocity is small, a single X line reconnection is formed. However, when the expanding velocity is sufficiently large, we can observe a plasmoid in the vicinity of the X line. At the same time, the structures of the electromagnetic field in HED plasma reconnection are similar to that in Harris current sheet reconnection.

Original language	English
Article number	045201
Journal	Chinese Physics Letters
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/30/4/045201
State	Published - Apr 2013
Externally published	Yes

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