Magnetic reconnection: MHD theory and modelling

DI Pontin, ER Priest - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2022 - Springer
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 …

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 …

Ultimate fast gyrosynchrotron codes

AA Kuznetsov, GD Fleishman - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in practical applications of microwave
gyrosynchrotron emission for plasma diagnostics and three-dimensional modeling of solar …

Particle acceleration and their escape into the heliosphere in solar flares with open magnetic field

M Gordovskyy, PK Browning, K Kusano… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Energetic particle populations in the solar corona and in the heliosphere appear to have
different characteristics even when produced in the same solar flare. It is not clear what …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale parallel electric fields and return currents in a global simulation model

H Arnold, JF Drake, M Swisdak, J Dahlin - Physics of Plasmas, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
A new computational model, kglobal, is being developed to explore energetic electron
production via magnetic reconnection in macroscale systems. The model is based on the …

Forward modeling of particle acceleration and transport in an individual solar flare

M Gordovskyy, PK Browning, S Inoue… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of this study is to generate maps of the hard X-ray emission produced by energetic
electrons in a solar flare and compare them with observations. The ultimate goal is to test the …

Electron acceleration in the electron dissipation region of asymmetrical magnetic reconnection driven by ultra-intensity lasers

Q Zhang, Y Ping, W An, J Zhong - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We performed 3D Particle-In-Cell simulations to study electron acceleration in the
electron dissipation region of asymmetrical electron magnetic reconnection driven by ultra …

[HTML][HTML] Relativistic HPIC-LBM and its application in large temporal-spatial turbulent magnetic reconnection. Part II. Role of turbulence in the flux rope interaction

B Zhu, H Yan, Y Zhong, J Chen, Y Du, H Cheng… - Applied Mathematical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Quantitatively analyzing the role of turbulence in the magnetic fluctuation-induced self-
generating-organization region and the plasma turbulence-induced self-feeding-sustaining …

Helicity‐Conserving Relaxation in Unstable and Merging Twisted Magnetic Flux Ropes

PK Browning, M Gordovskyy… - Helicities in Geophysics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Twisted magnetic flux ropes are reservoirs of free magnetic energy. In a highly conducting
plasma such as the solar corona, energy release through multiple magnetic reconnections …

[HTML][HTML] From kink instability to magnetic reconnection to oscillations in solar flares

PK Browning, M Gordovskyy, LACA Schiavo… - Fundamental Plasma …, 2024 - Elsevier
We show how some different fundamental plasma processes-the ideal kink instability,
magnetic reconnection and magnetohydrodynamic oscillations-can be causally linked. This …