Reconnection Rate Model

Reconnection rate model with thermal corrections. (Li & Liu, 2021)

This project studies the model of reconnection rate and its implications for energy conversion and particle acceleration in reconnection using particle-in-cell simulations and analytical models. Current research topics include

the dependence of reconnection rate with plasma parameters (e.g., plasma beta)
the roles of reconnection rate in the formation of power-law energy spectrum
turbulent magnetic reconnection

Publications

2022

CmPhy

First-principles theory of the rate of magnetic reconnection in magnetospheric and solar plasmas

Yi-Hsin Liu, Paul Cassak, Xiaocan Li, and 3 more authors

Communications Physics, Dec 2022

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@article{2022CmPhy...5...97L,
  author = {Liu, Yi-Hsin and {Cassak}, Paul and {Li}, Xiaocan and {Hesse}, Michael and {Lin}, Shan-Chang and {Genestreti}, Kevin},
  title = {{First-principles theory of the rate of magnetic reconnection in magnetospheric and solar plasmas}},
  journal = {Communications Physics},
  keywords = {Physics - Plasma Physics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Physics - Space Physics},
  year = {2022},
  month = dec,
  volume = {5},
  number = {1},
  eid = {97},
  pages = {97},
  doi = {10.1038/s42005-022-00854-x},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2203.14268},
  primaryclass = {physics.plasm-ph},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022CmPhy...5...97L},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rate}
}

PhPl

On the origin of “patchy” energy conversion in electron diffusion regions

Kevin J. Genestreti, Xiaocan Li, Yi-Hsin Liu, and 9 more authors

Physics of Plasmas, Aug 2022

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@article{2022PhPl...29h2107G,
  author = {Genestreti, Kevin J. and {Li}, Xiaocan and {Liu}, Yi-Hsin and {Burch}, James L. and {Torbert}, Roy B. and {Fuselier}, Stephen A. and {Nakamura}, Takuma and {Giles}, Barbara L. and {Gershman}, Daniel J. and {Ergun}, Robert E. and {Russell}, Christopher T. and {Strangeway}, Robert J.},
  title = {{On the origin of ``patchy'' energy conversion in electron diffusion regions}},
  journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
  keywords = {Physics - Space Physics},
  year = {2022},
  month = aug,
  volume = {29},
  number = {8},
  eid = {082107},
  pages = {082107},
  doi = {10.1063/5.0090275},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2203.13879},
  primaryclass = {physics.space-ph},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022PhPl...29h2107G},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rate}
}

2021

PhPl

The relation between the energy conversion rate and reconnection rate in Petschek-type reconnection—Implications for solar flares

Matthew Goodbred, Yi-Hsin Liu, Bin Chen, and 1 more author

Physics of Plasmas, Aug 2021

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@article{Goodbred2021Relation,
  author = {Goodbred, Matthew and {Liu}, Yi-Hsin and {Chen}, Bin and {Li}, Xiaocan},
  title = {{The relation between the energy conversion rate and reconnection rate in Petschek-type reconnection{\textemdash}Implications for solar flares}},
  journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
  year = {2021},
  month = aug,
  volume = {28},
  number = {8},
  eid = {082103},
  pages = {082103},
  doi = {10.1063/5.0050557},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021PhPl...28h2103G},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rate,flare}
}

PhPl

Fast magnetic reconnection induced by resistivity gradients in 2D magnetohydrodynamics

Shan-Chang Lin, Yi-Hsin Liu, and Xiaocan Li

Physics of Plasmas, Jul 2021

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@article{2021PhPl...28g2109L,
  author = {Lin, Shan-Chang and {Liu}, Yi-Hsin and {Li}, Xiaocan},
  title = {{Fast magnetic reconnection induced by resistivity gradients in 2D magnetohydrodynamics}},
  journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
  keywords = {Physics - Plasma Physics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics},
  year = {2021},
  month = jul,
  volume = {28},
  number = {7},
  eid = {072109},
  pages = {072109},
  doi = {10.1063/5.0052317},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2109.07526},
  primaryclass = {physics.plasm-ph},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021PhPl...28g2109L},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rate}
}

ApJ

The Effect of Thermal Pressure on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Rate

Xiaocan Li, and Yi-Hsin Liu

The Astrophysical Journal, May 2021

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@article{2021ApJ...912..152L,
  author = {Li, Xiaocan and {Liu}, Yi-Hsin},
  title = {{The Effect of Thermal Pressure on Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Rate}},
  journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
  keywords = {Plasma astrophysics, Plasma physics, Heliosphere, Intergalactic medium, Galactic center, 1261, 2089, 711, 813, 565, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Physics - Plasma Physics},
  year = {2021},
  month = may,
  volume = {912},
  number = {2},
  eid = {152},
  pages = {152},
  doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/abf48c},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {2104.00173},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.SR},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ApJ...912..152L},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rate}
}

2020

ApJ

Fast Magnetic Reconnection with Turbulence in High Lundquist Number Limit

Liping Yang, Hui Li, Fan Guo, and 5 more authors

The Astrophysical Journal, Oct 2020

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@article{2020ApJ...901L..22Y,
  author = {Yang, Liping and {Li}, Hui and {Guo}, Fan and {Li}, Xiaocan and {Li}, Shengtai and {He}, Jiansen and {Zhang}, Lei and {Feng}, Xueshang},
  title = {{Fast Magnetic Reconnection with Turbulence in High Lundquist Number Limit}},
  journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
  keywords = {Solar magnetic reconnection, Interplanetary turbulence, Computational methods, Solar corona, 1504, 830, 1965, 1483},
  year = {2020},
  month = oct,
  volume = {901},
  number = {2},
  eid = {L22},
  pages = {L22},
  doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/abb76b},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...901L..22Y},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rate,turbulence}
}

ApJL

The Critical Role of Collisionless Plasma Energization on the Structure of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection

Yi-Hsin Liu, Shan-Chang Lin, Michael Hesse, and 4 more authors

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Mar 2020

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@article{2020ApJ...892L..13L,
  author = {Liu, Yi-Hsin and {Lin}, Shan-Chang and {Hesse}, Michael and {Guo}, Fan and {Li}, Xiaocan and {Zhang}, Haocheng and {Peery}, Sarah},
  title = {{The Critical Role of Collisionless Plasma Energization on the Structure of Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection}},
  journal = {The Astrophysical Journal Letters},
  keywords = {1261, 2089, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Physics - Plasma Physics, Physics - Space Physics},
  year = {2020},
  month = mar,
  volume = {892},
  number = {1},
  eid = {L13},
  pages = {L13},
  doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/ab7d3f},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {1910.08988},
  primaryclass = {astro-ph.HE},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...892L..13L},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rel,reconnection:rate}
}

2019

PhPl

Influence of 3D plasmoid dynamics on the transition from collisional to kinetic reconnection

A. Stanier, W. Daughton, A. Le, and 2 more authors

Physics of Plasmas, Jul 2019

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@article{2019PhPl...26g2121S,
  author = {Stanier, A. and {Daughton}, W. and {Le}, A. and {Li}, X. and {Bird}, R.},
  title = {{Influence of 3D plasmoid dynamics on the transition from collisional to kinetic reconnection}},
  journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
  keywords = {Physics - Plasma Physics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics},
  year = {2019},
  month = jul,
  volume = {26},
  number = {7},
  eid = {072121},
  pages = {072121},
  doi = {10.1063/1.5100737},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {1906.04867},
  primaryclass = {physics.plasm-ph},
  adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019PhPl...26g2121S},
  adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  projects = {reconnection:rate}
}