Numerical Modeling of Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-induced High Energy Density Plasmas

Numerical Modeling of Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-induced High Energy Density Plasmas PDF Author: Andrey Sladkov
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This thesis is a numerical study of the magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasmas using a kinetic code. We can study the magnetic reconnection process during experiments for which the plasma is created by interaction of a power laser on a solid target. During this thesis, we included in the HECKLE code the elements allowing to make these simulations more realistic for the laser conditions: the effects of the electron six-component pressure tensor as well as the super-Alfvénic expansion of the plasma. We have thus highlighted the role of the pressure tensor to reduce the efficiency of the reconnection, as well as the plasma temperature effects making it more impulsive.