Recent Developments in Plasma Reconnection Experiments

Explore key open issues in plasma reconnection such as trigger/onset problems, turbulence effects, 3D reconnection, and the impact on heating and acceleration. Discover new experimental developments like the Big Red Ball at Wisconsin for field-free plasma confinement and access to different reconnection phases vital for astrophysics. Cutting-edge studies in high-energy density plasmas and observations in space are shedding light on energy dissipation mechanisms. Additionally, the Parker Solar Probe promises detailed measurements in the solar corona.

• Plasma Reconnection
• Experimental Studies
• High Energy Density
• Astrophysics
• Turbulence Effects

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1. Some open issues on reconnection The trigger/onset problem Effect of reconnection on turbulence (e.g., dissipation) Effect of turbulence on reconnection 3D reconnection Heating and acceleration by reconnection Controlling reconnection in fusion plasmas and more

2. New or recent experimental developments Extending basic experiments to new regimes The Big Red Ball (Wisconsin) Can confine an ~ field-free plasma (very high beta)

3. New or recent experimental developments Extending basic experiments to new regimes The Big Red Ball (Wisconsin) Can add magnetic field and drive reconnection

4. New or recent experimental developments Extending basic experiments to new regimes Access new regimes important for astrophysics FLARE (Princeton) FLARE Provides Access to New Reconnection Phases , Directly Relevant to Astrophysics l=lc (Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments 2 S =l /4 7 S M u ltip le X -lin e Multiple X-line collisionless S ingle X-line collisionless c S = l 2 h ybrid 6 Electrical Conductivity 5 Multiple X-line collisional 3 m log (S ) S =Sc 4 3 S ingle X-line collisional 2 MR X FLAR E 1 4 2 3 1 log (l) Effective Size

5. New or recent experimental developments Extending basic experiments to new regimes Studying reconnection in high energy density plasmas Can access kinetic regimes

6. New or recent experimental developments Extending basic experiments to new regimes Studying reconnection in high energy density plasmas Space observations

8. Provides detailed measurements e.g., energy dissipation Just launched Parker Solar Probe, to probe the outer solar corona