Bulletin of the American Physical Society

53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 56, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 14–18, 2011; Salt Lake City, Utah

Session Index

Session PO5: Magnetic Reconnection: Theory, Experiment, and Astrophysical Applications	Show Abstracts
Chair: Michael Brown, Swarthmore College Room: Ballroom F

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:00PM - 2:12PM		PO5.00001: Flux ropes, current sheets, islands and turbulence T.P. Intrator, J. Sears, T. Weber, D.T. Liu, D.R. Pulliam, A. Lazarian, G. Lapenta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:12PM - 2:24PM		PO5.00002: Instabilities of the separatrix regions in 3D kinetic reconnection Giovanni Lapenta, Stefano Markidis, Andrey Divin, Martin Goldman, David Newman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:24PM - 2:36PM		PO5.00003: Internal structure of plasmoids in collisionless magnetic reconnection Li-Jen Chen, Yi-Min Huang, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Brian Sullivan, William Daughton, Naoki Bessho Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:36PM - 2:48PM		PO5.00004: Onset and stagnation of reconnection in 3D geometry J. Sears, T.P. Intrator, T.E. Weber, D. Liu, D. Pulliam, G. Lapenta, A. Lazarian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:48PM - 3:00PM		PO5.00005: Onset of collisionless magnetic reconnection in two-dimensional current sheets and formation of dipolarization fronts Mikhail Sitnov, Marc Swisdak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:00PM - 3:12PM		PO5.00006: Fast Shocks in Magnetic Reconnection Outflows Eric Blackman, Jared Workman, Chuang Ren Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:12PM - 3:24PM		PO5.00007: Electron heating in collisionless magnetic reconnection Nuno Loureiro, Alexander Schekochihin, Alessandro Zocco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:24PM - 3:36PM		PO5.00008: Gyrokinetic Studies of Magnetic Reconnection Moritz J. Pueschel, Frank Jenko, Daniel Told, Joerg Buechner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:36PM - 3:48PM		PO5.00009: 3D-MHD Simulation of the Dynamics of the Plasma Flow through a Magnetic Nozzle Alfonso Tarditi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:48PM - 4:00PM		PO5.00010: The study of mode instability in rotamak plasmas driven by rotating magnetic field Xiaokang Yang, Jermain Goss, Dharah Kalaria, Saeid Houshmandyar, Tian-Sen Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:00PM - 4:12PM		PO5.00011: Satellite observations of plasma waves in the reconnection regions Chijie Xiao, Xiaogang Wang, Haoming Liang, Zuyin Pu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:12PM - 4:24PM		PO5.00012: Reconnection-Powered Extreme Particle Acceleration and Gamma-Ray Flares in Crab Nebula Dmitri Uzdensky, Benoit Cerutti, Mitchell Begelman Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 56, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 14–18, 2011; Salt Lake City, Utah

Session Index

Session PO5: Magnetic Reconnection: Theory, Experiment, and Astrophysical Applications

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