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 …

How to find magnetic nulls and reconstruct field topology with MMS data?

HS Fu, A Vaivads, YV Khotyaintsev… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we apply a new method—the first‐order Taylor expansion (FOTE)—to find
magnetic nulls and reconstruct magnetic field topology, in order to use it with the data from …

Evidence of magnetic nulls in electron diffusion region

HS Fu, JB Cao, D Cao, Z Wang… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretically, magnetic reconnection—the process responsible for solar flares and
magnetospheric substorms—occurs at the X‐line or radial null in the electron diffusion …

Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in astrophysical plasmas

T Li, E Priest, R Guo - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in laboratory, magnetospheric, solar and
astrophysical plasmas, whereby magnetic energy is converted into heat, bulk kinetic energy …

Construction of magnetic reconnection in the near‐Earth magnetotail with Geotail

T Nagai, I Shinohara, M Fujimoto… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The Geotail spacecraft made in situ observations of magnetic reconnection on 15 May 2003
in the near‐Earth magnetotail at a radial distance of 28 RE when a moderate substorm …

Evidence of magnetic nulls in the reconnection at bow shock

ZZ Chen, HS Fu, Z Wang, CM Liu… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic nulls are believed to play important roles in the energy dissipation during
reconnection. Such nulls have been observed in reconnection at the magnetopause …

Identifying magnetic reconnection events using the FOTE method

HS Fu, JB Cao, A Vaivads… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A magnetic reconnection event detected by Cluster is analyzed using three methods: Single‐
spacecraft Inference based on Flow‐reversal Sequence (SIFS), Multispacecraft Inference …

The heavy ion diffusion region in magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail

YH Liu, CG Mouikis, LM Kistler, S Wang… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
While the plasma in the Earth's magnetotail predominantly consists of protons and electrons,
there are times when a significant amount of oxygen is present. When magnetic …

Signatures of magnetic reconnection at boundaries of interplanetary small-scale magnetic flux ropes

H Tian, S Yao, Q Zong, J He, Y Qi - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The interaction between interplanetary small-scale magnetic flux ropes and the magnetic
field in the ambient solar wind is an important topic in the understanding of the evolution of …

Electron trapping around a magnetic null

JS He, QG Zong, XH Deng, CY Tu… - Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic reconnection is an important process in astrophysical, space and laboratory
plasmas. The magnetic null pair structure is theoretically suggested to be a crucial feature of …