PSP Bibliography

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

Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona

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:

YEAR: 2020     DOI: "10.1051/0004-6361/202039432"

Parker Data Used; parker solar probe; Solar Probe Plus

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

Instabilities and turbulence in low-\ensuremath\beta guide field reconnection exhausts with kinetic Riemann simulations

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

Particle heating and energy partition in low-\ensuremath\beta guide field reconnection with kinetic Riemann simulations

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

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

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