1. Onset of fast magnetic reconnection and particle energization in laboratory and space plasmas
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Hantao Ji, S. Hoilijoki, F. Ambrosino, Masaaki Yamada, S. Okamura, William Fox, P. Buratti, Robert E. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, F. Alladio, Jongsoo Yoo, Chen Shi, Fulvia Pucci, Marco Velli, Anna Tenerani, Jonathan Jara-Almonte, K. A. P. Singh, Pucci, F., Velli, M., Shi, C., Singh, K. A. P., Tenerani, A., Alladio, F., Ambrosino, F., Buratti, P., Fox, W., Jara-Almonte, J., Ji, H., Yamada, M., Yoo, J., Okamura, S., Ergun, R., Hoilijoki, S., and Schwartz, S.
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Physics ,Range (particle radiation) ,astrophysical plasmas ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Plasma parameters ,fusion plasma ,Magnetic reconnection ,Plasma ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Space (mathematics) ,01 natural sciences ,Computational physics ,Particle acceleration ,Physics::Plasma Physics ,Ionization ,Physics::Space Physics ,0103 physical sciences ,Particle ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
The onset of magnetic reconnection in space, astrophysical and laboratory plasmas is reviewed discussing results from theory, numerical simulations and observations. After a brief introduction on magnetic reconnection and approach to the question of onset, we first discuss recent theoretical models and numerical simulations, followed by observations of reconnection and its effects in space and astrophysical plasmas from satellites and ground-based detectors, as well as measurements of reconnection in laboratory plasma experiments. Mechanisms allowing reconnection spanning from collisional resistivity to kinetic effects as well as partial ionization are described, providing a description valid over a wide range of plasma parameters, and therefore applicable in principle to many different astrophysical and laboratory environments. Finally, we summarize the implications of reconnection onset physics for plasma dynamics throughout the Universe and illustrate how capturing the dynamics correctly is important to understanding particle acceleration. The goal of this review is to give a view on the present status of this topic and future interesting investigations, offering a unified approach.
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- 2020