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Biermann-Battery-Mediated Magnetic Reconnection in 3D Colliding Plasmas

Fox, W.; Bhattacharjee, A.; Germaschewski, K. +5 more

Recent experiments have demonstrated magnetic reconnection between colliding plasma plumes, where the reconnecting magnetic fields were self-generated in the plasma by the Biermann-battery effect. Using fully kinetic 3D simulations, we show the full evolution of the magnetic fields and plasma in these experiments, including self-consistent magneti…