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2023 |
Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes The fast solar wind that fills the heliosphere originates from deep within regions of open magnetic field on the Sun called coronal holes . The energy source responsible for accelerating the plasma is widely debated; however, there is evidence that it is ultimately magnetic in nature, with candidate mechanisms including wave heating$^1,2$ and interchange reconnection$^3-5$. The coronal magnetic field near the solar surface is structured on scales associated with supergranulation convection cells, whereby descending flows ... Bale, S.~D.; Drake, J.~F.; McManus, M.~D.; Desai, M.~I.; Badman, S.~T.; Larson, D.~E.; Swisdak, M.; Horbury, T.~S.; Raouafi, N.~E.; Phan, T.; Velli, M.; McComas, D.~J.; Cohen, C.~M.~S.; Mitchell, D.; Panasenco, O.; Kasper, J.~C.; Published by: \nat Published on: jun YEAR: 2023   DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05955-3 Parker Data Used; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
2022 |
Slow Shock Formation Upstream of Reconnecting Current Sheets The formation, development, and impact of slow shocks in the upstream regions of reconnecting current layers are explored. Slow shocks have been documented in the upstream regions of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of magnetic reconnection as well as in similar simulations with the kglobal kinetic macroscale simulation model. They are therefore a candidate mechanism for preheating the plasma that is injected into the current layers that facilitate magnetic energy release in solar flares. Of particular interest is their ... Arnold, H.; Drake, J.~F.; Swisdak, M.; Guo, F.; Dahlin, J.~T.; Zhang, Q.; Published by: \apj Published on: feb YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac423b Parker Data Used; 1504; 2086; 2089; 1544; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics |
Flux Rope Merging and the Structure of Switchbacks in the Solar Wind A major discovery of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) was the presence of large numbers of localized increases in the radial solar wind speed and associated sharp deflections of the magnetic field- switchbacks (SBs). A possible generation mechanism of SBs is through magnetic reconnection between open and closed magnetic flux near the solar surface, termed interchange reconnection, that leads to the ejection of flux ropes (FRs) into the solar wind. Observations also suggest that SBs undergo merging, consistent with an FR picture of t ... Agapitov, O.~V.; Drake, J.~F.; Swisdak, M.; Bale, S.~D.; Horbury, T.~S.; Kasper, J.~C.; MacDowall, R.~J.; Mozer, F.~S.; Phan, T.~D.; Pulupa, M.; Raouafi, N.~E.; Velli, M.; Published by: \apj Published on: feb YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4016 Parker Data Used; 711; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics |
Electron ring velocity space distributions have previously been seen in numerical simulations of magnetic reconnection exhausts and have been suggested to be caused by the magnetization of the electron outflow jet by the compressed reconnected magnetic fields Barbhuiya, Hasan; Cassak, P.~A.; Shay, M.~A.; Roytershteyn, Vadim; Swisdak, M.; Caspi, Amir; Runov, Andrei; Liang, Haoming; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) Published on: aug YEAR: 2022   DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030610 Parker Data Used; magnetic reconnection; magnetotail; hot solar flares; electron ring distributions; dipolarization fronts; Physics - Plasma Physics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
2021 |
Electron Acceleration during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection The first self-consistent simulations of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection in a macroscale system are presented. Consistent with solar flare observations, the spectra of energetic electrons take the form of power laws that extend more than two decades in energy. The drive mechanism for these nonthermal electrons is Fermi reflection in growing and merging magnetic flux ropes. A strong guide field suppresses the production of nonthermal electrons by weakening the Fermi drive mechanism. For a weak guide field t ... Arnold, H.; Drake, J.; Swisdak, M.; Guo, F.; Dahlin, J.; Chen, B.; Fleishman, G.; Glesener, L.; Kontar, E.; Phan, T.; Shen, C.; Published by: Physical Review Letters Published on: 04/2021 YEAR: 2021   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.135101 Parker Data Used; Physics - Plasma Physics; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
2020 |
Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona The structure of magnetic flux ropes injected into the solar wind during reconnection in the coronal atmosphere is explored with particle-in-cell simulations and compared with in situ measurements of magnetic switchbacks from the Parker Solar Probe. We suggest that multi-x-line reconnection between open and closed flux in the corona injects flux ropes into the solar wind and that these flux ropes convect outward over long distances before eroding due to reconnection. Simulations that explore the magnetic structure of flu ... Drake, J.; Agapitov, A.; Swisdak, M.; Badman, S.; Bale, S.; Horbury, T.; Kasper, Justin; MacDowall, R.; Mozer, F.; Phan, T.; Pulupa, M.; Szabo, A.; Velli, M.; Published by: Astronomy and Astrophysics Published on: jun YEAR: 2020   DOI: "10.1051/0004-6361/202039432" |
2019 |
Scattering of Energetic Electrons by Heat-flux-driven Whistlers in Flares Roberg-Clark, G.~T.; Agapitov, O.; Drake, J.~F.; Swisdak, M.; Published by: \apj Published on: 12/2019 YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab5114 Parker Data Used; solar flares; Plasma physics; 1496; 2089; Physics - Space Physics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Plasma Physics |
Large-scale parallel electric fields and return currents in a global simulation model Arnold, H.; Drake, J.~F.; Swisdak, M.; Dahlin, J.; Published by: Physics of Plasmas Published on: 10/2019 YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.1063/1.5120373 Parker Data Used; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics |
Zhang, Qile; Drake, J.~F.; Swisdak, M.; Published by: Physics of Plasmas Published on: 10/2019 YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.1063/1.5121782 Parker Data Used; Physics - Plasma Physics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
Zhang, Qile; Drake, J.~F.; Swisdak, M.; Published by: Physics of Plasmas Published on: 07/2019 YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.1063/1.5104352 Parker Data Used; Physics - Plasma Physics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Physics - Space Physics |
A computational model for exploring particle acceleration during reconnection in macroscale systems Drake, J.~F.; Arnold, H.; Swisdak, M.; Dahlin, J.~T.; Published by: Physics of Plasmas Published on: 01/2019 YEAR: 2019   DOI: 10.1063/1.5058140 Parker Data Used; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - Plasma Physics |
2014 |
DYNAMICS OF DOUBLE LAYERS, ION ACCELERATION, AND HEAT FLUX SUPPRESSION DURING SOLAR FLARES Observations of flare-heated electrons in the corona typically suggest confinement of electrons. The confinement mechanism, however, remains unclear. The transport of coronal hot electrons into ambient plasma was recently investigated by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. Electron transport was significantly suppressed by the formation of a highly localized, nonlinear electrostatic potential in the form of a double layer (DL). In this work large-scale PIC simulations are performed to explore the dynamics of DLs in larger ... Li, T.; Drake, J.; Swisdak, M.; Published by: The Astrophysical Journal Published on: 09/2014 YEAR: 2014   DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/793/1/7 acceleration of particles; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; parker solar probe; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Sun: corona; Sun: flares |
2013 |
von K\ arm\ an Energy Decay and Heating of Protons and Electrons in a Kinetic Turbulent Plasma Wu, P.; Wan, M.; Matthaeus, W.~H.; Shay, M.~A.; Swisdak, M.; Published by: \prl Published on: 09/2013 YEAR: 2013   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.121105 Parker Data Used; 95.30.Qd; 94.05.Lk; 96.50.Ci; Magnetohydrodynamics and plasmas; turbulence; Solar wind plasma; sources of solar wind; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics |
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