In the fully plasmoid-mediated regime the reconnection rate becomes nearly independent of the magnetic Prandtl number.
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Numerical experiment shows alternating-current-driven waves cause a magnetic null to collapse into y-directed then x-directed current sheets, with Hall effect producing lagged out-of-plane flows whose amplitudes increase with driving strength.
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Magnetic Prandtl number dependence of plasmoid-mediated reconnection
In the fully plasmoid-mediated regime the reconnection rate becomes nearly independent of the magnetic Prandtl number.
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A Numerical Experiment on Oscillatory Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma System Driven by Alternating Currents
Numerical experiment shows alternating-current-driven waves cause a magnetic null to collapse into y-directed then x-directed current sheets, with Hall effect producing lagged out-of-plane flows whose amplitudes increase with driving strength.