Slow solar wind: observations and modeling

L Abbo, L Ofman, SK Antiochos, VH Hansteen… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
While it is certain that the fast solar wind originates from coronal holes, where and how the
slow solar wind (SSW) is formed remains an outstanding question in solar physics even in …

A review of the 0.1 reconnection rate problem

PA Cassak, YH Liu, MA Shay - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2017 - cambridge.org
A long-standing problem in magnetic reconnection is to explain why it tends to proceed at or
below a normalized rate of 0.1. This article gives a review of observational and numerical …

[HTML][HTML] 3D turbulent reconnection: Theory, tests, and astrophysical implications

A Lazarian, GL Eyink, A Jafari, G Kowal, H Li, S Xu… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection, topological changes in magnetic fields, is a fundamental process in
magnetized plasmas. It is associated with energy release in regions of magnetic field …

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 …

A fundamental mechanism of solar eruption initiation

C Jiang, X Feng, R Liu, XL Yan, Q Hu, RL Moore… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar eruptions are spectacular magnetic explosions in the Sun's corona, and how they are
initiated remains unclear. Prevailing theories often rely on special magnetic topologies that …

Fast magnetic reconnection in the plasmoid-dominated regime

DA Uzdensky, NF Loureiro, AA Schekochihin - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
A conceptual model of resistive magnetic reconnection via a stochastic plasmoid chain is
proposed. The global reconnection rate is shown to be independent of the Lundquist …

[HTML][HTML] The mechanisms of electron heating and acceleration during magnetic reconnection

JT Dahlin, JF Drake, M Swisdak - Physics of Plasmas, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The heating of electrons in collisionless magnetic reconnection is explored in particle-in-cell
simulations with non-zero guide fields so that electrons remain magnetized. In this regime …

First-principles theory of the rate of magnetic reconnection in magnetospheric and solar plasmas

YH Liu, P Cassak, X Li, M Hesse, SC Lin… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The rate of magnetic reconnection is of the utmost importance in a variety of processes
because it controls, for example, the rate energy is released in solar flares, the speed of the …

Phase diagram for magnetic reconnection in heliophysical, astrophysical, and laboratory plasmas

H Ji, W Daughton - Physics of Plasmas, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Recent progress in understanding the physics of magnetic reconnection is conveniently
summarized in terms of a phase diagram which organizes the essential dynamics for a wide …

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 …