Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which
inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions …

Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies during explosive energy-
release phenomena in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. While it has …

A Solar Source of Alfvénic Magnetic Field Switchbacks: In Situ Remnants of Magnetic Funnels
on Supergranulation Scales - IOPscience This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site …

Magnetic reconnection in relativistic collisionless plasmas can accelerate particles and
power high-energy emission in various astrophysical systems. Whereas most previous …

Magnetic reconnection converts, often explosively, stored magnetic energy to particle
energy in space and in the laboratory. Through processes operating on length scales that …

The accretion flow around the Galactic Centre black hole Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*) is expected
to have an electron temperature that is distinct from the ion temperature, due to weak …

Turbulent plasmas generate a multitude of thin current structures that can be sites for
magnetic reconnection. The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has recently …

Hot collisionless accretion flows, such as the one in Sgr A* at our Galactic center, provide a
unique setting for the investigation of magnetic reconnection. Here protons are …

Magnetic reconnection, in which magnetic field lines break and reconnect to change their
topology, occurs throughout the universe. The essential feature of reconnection is that it …

The relaxation of field-line tension during magnetic reconnection gives rise to a universal
Fermi acceleration process involving the curvature drift of particles. However, the efficiency …