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arxiv: 1101.0370 · v3 · pith:LOYOW4MQnew · submitted 2011-01-01 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE

Fluid and Magnetofluid Modeling of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection

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keywords relativisticmagneticreconnectionevolutionmagnetofluidmodelssimulationstwo-fluid
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The fluid-scale evolution of relativistic magnetic reconnection is investigated by using two-fluid and magnetofluid simulation models. Relativistic two-fluid simulations demonstrate the meso-scale evolution beyond the kinetic scales, and exhibit quasi-steady Petschek-type reconnection. Resistive relativistic MHD simulations further show new shock structures in and around the downstream magnetic island (plasmoid). General discussions on these models are presented.

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