| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have carried out simulation study on magnetic reconnection--a fundamental process in plasmas where the magnetic field lines reconnect and the magnetic energy is converted in other forms of energies--using a holistic simulation model including microscopic physics. From the simulation results, we have revealed that plasmas are strongly heated via phase mixing due to particle nature of plasmas. We have also extended the theory and simulation model to include inhomogeneity, such as pressure gradients, which drives instability causing meso scale structures, e.g. turbulence. By this extension, we have constructed the theory of magnetic reconnection driven by electron pressure gradients.
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