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Response to “Comment on `Scaling of asymmetric magnetic reconnection: General theory and collisional simulations' ” [Phys. Plasmas 16, 034701 (2009)]

Phys. Plasmas 16, 034702 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3083264

Published 10 March 2009

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P. A. Cassak1 and M. A. Shay2
1Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
The comment by Semenov et al. has called into question our derivation of the outflow velocity in asymmetric magnetic reconnection. We present three reasons that the analysis presented in the comment is incorrect. Most importantly, the authors of the comment have incorrectly applied results from one-dimensional shock theory to the problem of conservation through a two-dimensional dissipation region. For completeness, we compare their predictions to numerical simulation results, finding that their theory does not describe the data. We conclude the analysis in the comment is without merit. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 7 January 2009; accepted 16 January 2009; published 10 March 2009
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  1. Comment on “Scaling of asymmetric magnetic reconnection: General theory and collisional simulations” [Phys. Plasmas 14, 102114 (2007)]
    V. S. Semenov et al.
    Phys. Plasmas 16, 034701 (2009)
  2. Scaling of asymmetric magnetic reconnection: General theory and collisional simulations
    P. A. Cassak et al.
    Phys. Plasmas 14, 102114 (2007)

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  • 52.30.Cv
    Plasma magnetohydrodynamics
  • 52.65.Kj
    Magnetohydrodynamic and fluid equation (plasma simulation)
  • YEAR: 2009

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