Geomagnetic storms are an important aspect of space weather and can result in significant
impacts on space-and ground-based assets. The majority of strong storms are associated …

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 …

Magnetic reconnection has been intensively studied in fully ionized plasmas. However,
plasmas are often partially ionized in astrophysical environments. The interactions between …

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that powers explosive energy-release events
such as solar flares, geomagnetic substorms and some astrophysical jets. A characteristic …

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 is the topological reconfiguration of the magnetic field in a plasma,
accompanied by the violent release of energy and particle acceleration. Reconnection is as …

Where particle acceleration and plasma heating take place in relation to magnetic
reconnection is a fundamental question for solar flares. We report analysis of an M7. 7 flare …

We report the simultaneous extreme-ultraviolet observation of magnetic reconnection inflow
and outflow in a flare on 2010 August 18 observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on …

It has been established that the Sweet–Parker current layer in high Lundquist number
reconnection is unstable to the super-Alfvénic plasmoid instability. Past two-dimensional …

Magnetic reconnection in the partially ionized solar chromosphere is studied in 2.5
dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations including radiative cooling and ambipolar …