A Study of Tearing Instability Onset with Particle In Cell Simulations

Maria Elena Innocenti1, Fulvia Pucci1,2, Elisabetta Boella3, Anna Tenerani4 and Jeremy Dargent1, (1)Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (3)Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom, (4)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States