Turbulence and Reconnection
Event details
| Date | 30.11.2016 |
| Hour | 15:00 › 16:00 |
| Speaker |
Prof. Giovanni Lapenta KU Leuven, B |
| Location |
PPB 019
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Two processes are most prominent in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas: reconnection and turbulence. Reconnection can convert magnetic energy to particle energy. Turbulence can improve the efficiency of reconnection in doing so. Turbulence can increase the rate of reconnection and can promote the onset of reconnection in multiple locations. But can reconnection itself promote turbulence? And would turbulence produced by reconnection then feedback on the reconnection that caused it? We try to address these questions presenting our recent research on turbulence induced by reconnection, focusing on:
- inflow
- separatrices
- central diffusion region
- outflow from reconnection (reconnection fronts, reconnection jet)
Reference: Lapenta, G., Markidis, S., Goldman, M. V., & Newman, D. L. (2015). Secondary reconnection sites in reconnection-generated flux ropes and reconnection fronts. Nature Physics, 11(8), 690-695.
- inflow
- separatrices
- central diffusion region
- outflow from reconnection (reconnection fronts, reconnection jet)
Reference: Lapenta, G., Markidis, S., Goldman, M. V., & Newman, D. L. (2015). Secondary reconnection sites in reconnection-generated flux ropes and reconnection fronts. Nature Physics, 11(8), 690-695.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. P. Ricci
Contact
- Prof. P. Ricci