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Structure of the electron diffusion region in magnetic reconnection with small guide fields
… of magnetic reconnection have shown high electron pressure anisotropy in the inflow of electron diffusion regions. This anisotropy has been accurately accounted for in a new fluid closure for collisionless reconnection. By tracing electron orbits in the fields taken from particle-in-cell …
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Two-fluid simulations of magnetic reconnection with a kinetic closure for the electron pressure anisotropy
… dynamics, it depends intimately on small-scale electron physics. In weakly-collisional plasmas, electron pressure anisotropy resulting from the electric and magnetic trapping of electrons strongly affects the structure surrounding the electron diffusion region and the electron current layer. …
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"Smoking-Gun" Observables of Magnetic Reconnection: Spatiotemporal Evolution of Electron Characteristics Throughout the Diffusion Region
… happen in a collisionless plasma? Knowledge of electron-scale dynamics is necessary to answer this outstanding question of plasma physics. Based on fully kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of symmetric reconnection, the spatiotemporal evolution of velocity distribution functions in and …