title: Three-dimensional fast magnetic reconnection driven by relativistic ultraintense femtosecond lasers.
abstract: Three-dimensional fast magnetic reconnection driven by two ultraintense femtosecond laser pulses is investigated by relativistic particle-in-cell simulation, where the two paralleled incident laser beams are shot into a near-critical plasma layer to form a magnetic reconnection configuration in self-generated magnetic fields. A reconnection X point and out-of-plane quadrupole field structures associated with magnetic reconnection are formed. The reconnection rate is found to be faster than that found in previous two-dimensional Hall magnetohydrodynamic simulations and electrostatic turbulence contribution to the reconnection electric field plays an essential role. Both in-plane and out-of-plane electron and ion accelerations up to a few MeV due to the magnetic reconnection process are also obtained.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ping
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China and Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China and Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: X T
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China and Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao