3D Kinetic Simulations of Driven Reconnection in Merging Force-free Flux Tubes: Drift-kink Dynamics and Particle Acceleration
We present 2D and 3D particle-in-cell simulations of driven collisionless reconnection triggered by the compression and merging of two force-free flux tubes in a strongly magnetized pair plasma. During current-sheet formation, the evolution remains quasi-2D. Reconnection onset is systematically delayed in 3D, especiall...