In this review we focus on the fundamental theory of magnetohydrodynamic reconnection,
together with applications to understanding a wide range of dynamic processes in the solar …

Solar flare emission is detected in all EM bands and variations in flux density of solar
energetic particles. Often the EM radiation generated in solar and stellar flares shows a …

The origins of the various outbursts of hard X-rays from magnetars (highly magnetized
neutron stars) are still unknown. We identify instabilities in relativistic magnetospheres that …

Solar flares are spectacular coronal events that release large amounts of energy. They are
classified as either eruptive or confined,, depending on whether they are associated with a …

Context. The discovery of clear criteria that can deterministically describe the eruptive state
of a solar active region would lead to major improvements on space weather predictions …

We review the presence and signatures of the non-equilibrium processes, both non-
Maxwellian distributions and non-equilibrium ionization, in the solar transition region …

We analyse particle acceleration in explosive reconnection events in magnetically
dominated proton–electron plasmas. Reconnection is driven by large-scale magnetic …

We present a novel numerical scheme for simulating the motion of relativistic charged
particles in magnetospheres of compact objects, typically filled with highly magnetized …

We present a numerical implementation of the guiding center approximation to describe the
relativistic motion of charged test particles in the PLUTO code for astrophysical plasma …

Magnetic reconnection and non-thermal particle distributions associated with current-driven
instabilities are investigated by means of resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) …