Magnetic reconnection (graduate course)

Time:

October 22, 2012 - January 2013

Credit points:

8 ECTS

Prerequisites:

Basic course on plasma physics.

Course content:

This course covers theory of Magnetic Reconnection in plasma and it's applications to astrophysical, terrestrial and laboratory plasma environments. Theoretical part covers MHD and Kinetic theories.

Literature

Biskamp, Dieter 2000, Magnetic reconnection in plasmas, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000 xiv, 387 p. Cambridge monographs on plasma physics, vol. 3, ISBN 0521582881 Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas.

Responsible department:

Physics and Astronomy

Teachers

Andris Vaivads (andris@irfu.se), Yuri Khotyaintsev (yuri@irfu.se), Alessandro Retino (alessandro.retino@lpp.polytechnique.fr), Gerard Belmont (gerard.belmont@lpp.polytechnique.fr).

We thank SNSB for a partial support of the course.

Program

Day 1, week 1 : Uppsala, October 22-26

1. Current sheets, MHD discontinuities

2. Frozen in condition, topology, magnetic energy

Day 2, week 1 : Uppsala, October 22-26

3. 2D steady reconnection Sweet-Parker

4. 2D steady Petchek

Day 3, week 1 : Uppsala, October 22-26

5. 2D 2-fluid, numerical simulations

6. Multiple X-lines

Day 4, week 2 : Paris, December 10-14

7. Kinetic equlibrium (incl. Harris), tearing instability

8. Unsteady reconnection

Day 5, week 2 : Paris, December 10-14

9. Particle acceleration

10. Turbulence and reconnection

Day 6, week 3 : On-Line meeting, January, TBD

11. Reconnection in space plasma, substorms and FTEs / student

12. Reconnection in solar corona / student

Day 7, week 3 : On-Line meeting, January, TBD

13. Reconnection in astrophysical plasma / student

14. Reconnection in laboratory plasma / student

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