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Simulation Models for Exploring Magnetic Reconnection

Shay, Michael [Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)] (ORCID:0000000318614767)·Adhikari, Subash [Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)]·Beesho, Naoki [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)]·Birn, Joachim [Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO (United States)]·Büchner, Jörg [Max Planck Inst. for Solar System Research (Germany)]·Cassak, Paul [West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)]·Chen, Li-Jen [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)]·Chen, Yuxi [Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)]·Cozzani, Giulia [Univ. of Helsinki (Finland); Univ. of Orleans (France)]·Drake, James [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)]·Guo, Fan [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000343153755)·Hesse, Michael [Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (United States)]·Jain, Neeraj [Technical Univ. of Berlin (Germany)]·Pfau-Kempf, Yann [Univ. of Helsinki (Finland); IT Center for Science (CSC) (Finland)]·Lin, Yu [Auburn Univ., AL (United States)]·Liu, Yi-Hsin [Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)]·Oka, Mitsuo [University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)]·Omelchenko, Yuri [Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO (United States); Trinum Research Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)]·Palmroth, Minna [Univ. of Helsinki (Finland)]·Pezzi, Oreste [National Research Council (CNR) (Italy). Inst. for Plasma Science and Technology (ISTP)]·Reiff, Patricia H. [Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)]·Swisdak, Marc [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)]·Toffoletto, Frank [Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)]·Toth, Gabor [Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)]·Wolf, Richard A. [Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)]
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Abstract

Simulations have played a critical role in the advancement of our knowledge of magnetic reconnection. However, due to the inherently multiscale nature of reconnection, it is impossible to simulate all physics at all scales. For this reason, a wide range of simulation methods have been crafted to study particular aspects and consequences of magnetic reconnection. This article reviews many of these methods, laying out critical assumptions, numerical techniques, and giving examples of scientific results. Plasma models described include magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), Hall MHD, Hybrid, kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC), kinetic Vlasov, Fluid models with embedded PIC, Fluid models with direct feedback from energetic populations, and the Rice Convection Model (RCM).

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Shay, Michael [Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)] (ORCID:0000000318614767), Adhikari, Subash [Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)], Beesho, Naoki [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)], Birn, Joachim [Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO (United States)], Büchner, Jörg [Max Planck Inst. for Solar System Research (Germany)], Cassak, Paul [West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)], Chen, Li-Jen [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)], Chen, Yuxi [Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)], Cozzani, Giulia [Univ. of Helsinki (Finland); Univ. of Orleans (France)], Drake, James [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)], Guo, Fan [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0000000343153755), Hesse, Michael [Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (United States)], Jain, Neeraj [Technical Univ. of Berlin (Germany)], Pfau-Kempf, Yann [Univ. of Helsinki (Finland); IT Center for Science (CSC) (Finland)], Lin, Yu [Auburn Univ., AL (United States)], Liu, Yi-Hsin [Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)], Oka, Mitsuo [University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)], Omelchenko, Yuri [Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO (United States); Trinum Research Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)], Palmroth, Minna [Univ. of Helsinki (Finland)], Pezzi, Oreste [National Research Council (CNR) (Italy). Inst. for Plasma Science and Technology (ISTP)], Reiff, Patricia H. [Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)], Swisdak, Marc [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)], Toffoletto, Frank [Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)], Toth, Gabor [Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)], Wolf, Richard A. [Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)]. 2025-09-09. Simulation Models for Exploring Magnetic Reconnection. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01210-5

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