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相对论对等离子体电流片中粒子加速和磁耗散

Particle Acceleration and Magnetic Dissipation in Relativistic Current Sheet of Pair Plasmas

S. Zenitani, M. Hoshino

摘要:

研究了具有反平行磁场的对等离子体的相对论和超相对论电流片的线性和非线性发展。两种类型的二维问题进行了研究的粒子在细胞模拟。首先,我们介绍了相对论性磁重联的发展,其流出速度是光速c的一个数量级。结果表明,粒子在重联区及其附近被强烈加速,大部分磁能被转化为等离子体动能的“非热”部分。其次,我们提出了另一个二维问题的电流片在交叉场平面。在这种情况下,相对论漂移扭结不稳定性(RDKI)发生。粒子加速也会发生,但RDKI会将磁能快速消散为等离子体热。详细讨论了粒子加速的机理和RDKI的理论。重要的是,只要我们考虑动力学,这两个过程的性质在T > mc ^2的相对论范围内是相似的。通过对这两种过程的比较表明,在相对论电流片中,RDKI的磁耗散是更有利的过程。因此RDKI应该重新考虑条纹脉冲星风的情况。

英文摘要:

We study linear and nonlinear development of relativistic and ultrarelativistic current sheets of pair plasmas with antiparallel magnetic fields. Two types of two-dimensional problems are investigated by particle-in-cell simulations. First, we present the development of relativistic magnetic reconnection, whose outflow speed is an order of the light speed c. It is demonstrated that particles are strongly accelerated in and around the reconnection region, and that most of magnetic energy is converted into "nonthermal" part of plasma kinetic energy. Second, we present another two-dimensional problem of a current sheet in a cross-field plane. In this case, the relativistic drift kink instability (RDKI) occurs. Particle acceleration also takes place, but the RDKI fast dissipates the magnetic energy into plasma heat. We discuss the mechanism of particle acceleration and the theory of the RDKI in detail. It is important that properties of these two processes are similar in the relativistic regime of T > mc^2, as long as we consider the kinetics. Comparison of the two processes indicates that magnetic dissipation by the RDKI is more favorable process in the relativistic current sheet. Therefore the striped pulsar wind scenario should be reconsidered by the RDKI.

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