Magnetic Reconnection & Particle

[HEDS13-03(Invited)] Experimental Investigation on Magnetic Reconnection in Electron-Magnetized Plasmas with High-Power Lasers

*Kentaro Sakai¹, Toseo Moritaka¹, Taichi Morita², Kentaro Tomita³, Takumi Minami⁴, Masato Ota¹, Shunsuke Egashira⁴, Youichi Sakawa⁴, Norimasa Ozaki⁴, Ryosuke Kodama⁴, Taichi Takezaki⁵, Ryo Yamazaki⁶, Shuta J. Tanaka⁶, Michel Koenig⁷, Bruno Albertazzi⁷, Paul Mabey⁷, Nigel Woolsey⁸, Shuichi Matsukiyo², Masahiro Hoshino⁹, Yasuhiro Kuramitsu⁴ (1. National Institute for Fusion Science, 2. Kyushu University, 3. Hokkaido University, 4. Osaka University, 5. University of Toyama, 6. Aoyama Gakuin University, 7. École Polytechnique, 8. University of York, 9. University of Tokyo)

We performed a laser experiment on magnetic reconnection in electron-magnetized plasmas. The local velocity and magnetic field measurements show a diverging electron outflow and whistler waves, respectively, associated with electron dynamics in magnetic reconnection.