Program

General Discussions

09:45, E. N. Parker Magnetic Reconnection and the Lowest Available Energy State
10:30, Drake, J. F., Rogers, B. N., and Shay, M. A. Recent Developments in Understanding 2-D and 3-D Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection


10:55, Break


11:25, Priest, E.R. Three-Dimensional Reconnection on the Sun
11:50, Hoshino, M. Particle Heating and Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection: Geotail Observations and Numerical Simulation
12:15, Ono, Y., Inomoto, M., Ueda, K., Matsuyama, T., Murakami, T., Oshima, Y., Tsuruda, M., Tawara, T., Nakahara, T., Murata, Y., Hayashiya, H. and Katsurai., M. Fast Reconnection Mechanisms in TS-3 merging Experiment


12:40, Break

Focused talks: Driven vs Spontaneous & Sweet-Parker vs Petschek

14:00, Russell M. Kulsrud The Petschek and the Sweet-Parker Models for Magnetic Reconnection
14:25, Forbes, T. G. The Nature of Petschek-Type Reconnection
14:50, Horiuchi, R., Sato, T. and Pei, W. B. Collisionless Driven Reconnection in an Open System
15:15, Shibata, K. What is the condition for fast reconnection ? - Implication from the solar observations and numerical simulations -


15:40, Break


15:55, H. Ji, M. Yamada, S. Hsu, G. Fiksel, T. Carter, R. Kulsrud, and S. Mahajan Study of Ion Heating and Neutral Sheet Profiles in MRX
16:10, Vekstein, G.E. Plasma Heating by Forced Magnetic Reconnection


16:25, Discussion on the focused topic Chair: R. M. Kulsrud

1 March AM

09:15, Registration

09:30, M. Yamada Study of Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in Controlled Laboratory Experiments$^*$
10:15, Stenzel, R.L., Griskey, M.C., and Urrutia, J.M. 3D EMHD Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma


10:40, Break


11:10, T. Hayashi, N. Mizuguchi, T. Sato Magnetic Reconnection and Relaxation Phenomena in Spherical Tokamak
11:35, Kunioki Mima Relativistic Electron Transport in Hot Dense Laser Plasmas
12:00, Bellan, P. M. Alfven Wave Instability of Current Sheets in Low $\beta$ Plasmas


12:25, Break

Focused talks: Origin of Resistivity & Current-Sheet Structure

14:00, Treumann, R. A. Origin of Resistivity in Reconnection
14:25, Mukai, T. and Asano, Y. Dynamics of an Extremely Thin Current Sheet in the Earth's Magnetotail
14:50, Motohiko Tanaka The Origins of Resistivity in Magnetic Reconnection: Simulation Study by 2,3-D Macro-Particle Codes


15:15, Break


15:30, Shay, M. A. Drake, J. F. Rogers, B. N. and Swisdak, M. The Acceleration of Relativistic Electrons by Whistlers During Reconnection
15:55, Hesse, M. and Kuznetsova, M. The structure of the reconnecting current sheet
16:20, Shinohara, I., Mukai, T., Tsuruda, K., Nagai, T. Lower hybrid wave observed in the magnetotail
16:35, M. Inomoto, Y. Ono, T. Tawara and T. Murakami Mechanism of Fast Reconnection in TS-3 Plasma Merging Experiment


16:50, Discussion on the focused topic Chair: R. A. Treumann

Banquet, 18:30

2 March AM

09:15, Registration

09:30, S. Tsuneta No Abstract
10:15, Longcope, D. W. Topology is Destiny: Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Corona.


10:40, Break


11:10, Taro Sakao, Takeo Kosugi, Satoshi Masuda, and Jun Sato Magnetic Reconnection in Impulsive Solar Flares
11:35, T. Yokoyama , K. Akita, T. Morimoto, K. Inoue, J. Newmark Clear evidence of reconnection inflow of a solar flare
11:50, McKenzie, D. E. and Hudson, H. S. Supra-arcade Downflows in Long-duration Solar Flare Events
12:05, C. Z. Cheng and G. S. Choe A Model of Solar Flares Based On Magnetic Reconnection Processes


12:20, Break

Focused talks: Global Dynamics & 3-D Effect of Reconnection

14:00, Scholer, M. Significance of Ion Kinetic Effects for Global Magnetotail Reconnection
14:25, M. Ugai Physical mechanism of spontaneous fast reconnection evolution
14:50, Kanya Kusano Three Dimensional Simulation Study of Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Corona
15:15, Frank,A.G. Experimental Study of Current Sheets in 3D Magnetic Configurations


15:30, Break


15:45, Pritchett, P. L., and Coroniti, F. V. Kinetic Simulations of 3-D Reconnection and Magnetotail Disruptions
16:10, Buechner, J. 3 D Effects of Kinetic Reconnection
16:35, M. Fujimoto Significance of the Hall term effects in magnetotail reconnection


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