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Ricci et al. 2002

Ricci, P., Lapenta, G. and Brackbill, J.U. (2002). GEM reconnection challenge: Implicit kinetic simulations with the physical mass ratio. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015314. issn: 0094-8276.

We extend kinetic simulations of the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) magnetic reconnection challenge J. Geophys. Res., 106, 3715, 2001> to a physical mass ratio, using the implicit Particle-in-Cell (PIC) code CELESTE3D which allows the use of a coarser grid and a bigger time step. We compare results for three values of the mass ratio mi/me = 25 (GEM challenge standard mass ratio), mi/me = 180 and the physical mass ratio mi/me = 1836. The results of the three simulations are compared and the scaling laws based on reconnection via nongyrotropic electron pressure are verified.

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Keywords
Space Plasma Physics, Magnetic reconnection, Space Plasma Physics, Numerical simulation studies, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma sheet, Space Plasma Physics, Nonlinear phenomena

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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