Electromagnetic fluctuations during fast reconnection in a laboratory plasma

被引：182

作者：

Ji, HT ^{[1
]}

Terry, S ^{[1
]}

Yamada, M ^{[1
]}

Kulsrud, R ^{[1
]}

Kuritsyn, A ^{[1
]}

Ren, Y ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Princeton Univ, Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 92卷 / 11期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局; 美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.115001

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Experimental evidence for a positive correlation is established between the magnitude of electromagnetic fluctuations up to the lower-hybrid frequency range and enhancement of reconnection rates in a well-controlled laboratory plasma. The fluctuations belong to the right-hand polarized whistler wave branch, propagating obliquely to the reconnecting magnetic field, with a phase velocity comparable to the relative drift velocity between electrons and ions. The measured short coherence lengths indicate their strongly nonlinear nature.

引用

页码：115001 / 1

页数：4

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