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 …

The corona is a layer of hot plasma that surrounds the Sun, traces out its complex magnetic
field, and ultimately expands into interplanetary space as the supersonic solar wind …

Numerical solutions of partial differential equations enable a broad range of scientific
research. The Dedalus project is a flexible, open-source, parallelized computational …

Magnetic reconnection is a topological rearrangement of magnetic field that occurs on time
scales much faster than the global magnetic diffusion time. Since the field lines break on …

The two-plate initial boundary-value problem of Parker is reviewed, treating the relaxation of
a 3D magnetic field prescribed with an arbitrary topology to a terminal force-free field in a …

We investigate the intermittency of energy dissipation in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
turbulence by identifying dissipative structures and measuring their characteristic scales. We …

In a number of papers dating back to the 1970s, Parker has hypothesized that, in a perfectly
ideal environment, complex photospheric motions acting on a continuous magnetic field will …

Abstract Parker (Astrophys J 174: 499, 1972) put forward a hypothesis regarding the
fundamental nature of equilibrium magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas. He proposed …

Previous work has confirmed the concept of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) avalanche in
pre-stressed threads within a coronal loop. We undertook a series of full, three-dimensional …

ABSTRACT A current sheet susceptible to the tearing instability is used to drive
reconnection turbulence in the presence of a strong guide field. Through nonlinear …