Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments

H Ji, W Daughton, J Jara-Almonte, A Le… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which
inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions …

Magnetic reconnection

M Yamada, R Kulsrud, H Ji - Reviews of modern physics, 2010 - APS
The fundamental physics of magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space plasmas is
reviewed by discussing results from theory, numerical simulations, observations from space …

Electron acceleration during macroscale magnetic reconnection

H Arnold, JF Drake, M Swisdak, F Guo, JT Dahlin… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The first self-consistent simulations of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection in
a macroscale system are presented. Consistent with solar flare observations, the spectra of …

Energetic electron acceleration by unsteady magnetic reconnection

HS Fu, YV Khotyaintsev, A Vaivads, A Retinò, M André - Nature Physics, 2013 - nature.com
The mechanism that produces energetic electrons during magnetic reconnection is poorly
understood. This is a fundamental process responsible for stellar flares,, substorms,, and …

Large-scale electron acceleration by parallel electric fields during magnetic reconnection

J Egedal, W Daughton, A Le - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Reconnection is the process by which stress in the field of a magnetized plasma is reduced
by a topological rearrangement of its magnetic-field lines. The process is often accompanied …

Magnetic reconnection: from the Sweet–Parker model to stochastic plasmoid chains

NF Loureiro, DA Uzdensky - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection is the topological reconfiguration of the magnetic field in a plasma,
accompanied by the violent release of energy and particle acceleration. Reconnection is as …

Particle acceleration in the magnetotail and aurora

J Birn, AV Artemyev, DN Baker, M Echim… - Space science …, 2012 - Springer
This paper deals with acceleration processes in the magnetotail and the processes that
enhance particle precipitation from the tail into the ionosphere through electric fields in the …

Direct observation of turbulent magnetic reconnection in the solar wind

R Wang, S Wang, Q Lu, X Li, S Lu, W Gonzalez - Nature Astronomy, 2023 - nature.com
Magnetic reconnection in a current sheet is commonly found in astrophysical plasma
environments. If it is often bursty, releasing magnetic free energy explosively, in planetary …

In-situ observations of reconnection in space

G Paschmann, M Øieroset, T Phan - Space Science Reviews, 2013 - Springer
This paper gives an overview of the insights into the magnetic reconnection process
obtained by in-situ measurements across current sheets found in planetary magnetospheres …

Average properties of the magnetic reconnection ion diffusion region in the Earth's magnetotail: The 2001–2005 Cluster observations and comparison with simulations

JP Eastwood, TD Phan, M Øieroset… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic reconnection plays a key role in the circulation of plasma through the Earth's
magnetosphere. As such, the Earth's magnetotail is an excellent natural laboratory for the …