Vadim_Roytershteyn_20150529_LP_1

Model Type: LP/PIC/

Model: VPIC version 20150529

Title/Introduction: 2D Asymmetric reconnection

Key Word: MMS Support, 2D Asymmetric reconnection

Initial Configuration: Double Harris Sheet along X with added Bx (asymmetric B, densities and pressures)

Run parameters:

• proton/electron mass ratio: 25.00000
• electron/proton temperature ratio: 0.2
• electron cyclotron/electron plasma time ratio (ω_pe/ω_ce): 2.00000

Select 3D distribution function (in velocity space) by Region-of-Interest (ROI) from one of these ROI maps:

• Select ROI map 1
• Select ROI map 2
• Select ROI map 3

Visualization of fields:

• View 2D fields output