Particle-in-cell simulations of fast collisionless reconnection in gamma-ray burst outflows

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dc.creatorMoortgat, Joachim
dc.creatorBlackman, Eric G.
dc.creatorRen, Chuang
dc.creatorKong, Xianglong
dc.creatorYan, Rui
dc.date2007-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:03:54Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:03:54Z
dc.descriptionWe present preliminary results of particle-in-cell simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection for conditions that apply to magnetically dominated pair plasma jets such as those in gamma-ray bursts. We find similar behaviour to previous authors but with reduced reconnection efficiency. This results because we include the full electromagnetic field dynamically and allow electric field fluctuations to grow. Although weak, these fluctuations impede early x-point formation by periodically decelerating and even reversing the inflow.
dc.description4 pages 2 figures. Proceedings of the final open meeting of the RTN `GRBs, and enigma and tool': "070228 - The Next Decade of GRB afterglows"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0193
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0193
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/129755
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleParticle-in-cell simulations of fast collisionless reconnection in gamma-ray burst outflows
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