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Hall and Turbulence Effects on Magnetic Reconnection
Author(s) -
Smith D.,
Ghosh S.,
Dmitruk P.,
Matthaeus W. H.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2003gl018689
Subject(s) - physics , magnetic reconnection , magnetohydrodynamics , turbulence , amplitude , compressibility , hall effect , current sheet , magnetohydrodynamic turbulence , mechanics , magnetic field , astrophysics , optics , quantum mechanics
We examine the influence of Hall effect and MHD turbulence on the reconnection rate of a large scale periodic sheet pinch in 2.5 dimensional compressible Hall MHD. Simulations indicate that the reconnection rate is enhanced both by increasing Hall parameter and by increasing turbulence amplitude.