Review on current sheets in CME development: theories and observations

J Lin, NA Murphy, C Shen, JC Raymond… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
We introduce how the catastrophe model for solar eruptions predicted the formation and
development of the long current sheet (CS) and how the observations were used to …

Magnetic reconnection: from the Sweet–Parker model to stochastic plasmoid chains

NF Loureiro, DA Uzdensky - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

MHD turbulence: a biased review

AA Schekochihin - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2022 - cambridge.org
This review of scaling theories of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence aims to put the
developments of the last few years in the context of the canonical time line (from Kolmogorov …

A kinetic transport theory for particle acceleration and transport in regions of multiple contracting and reconnecting inertial-scale flux ropes

JA Le Roux, GP Zank, GM Webb… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Simulations of particle acceleration in turbulent plasma regions with multiple contracting and
merging (reconnecting) magnetic islands emphasize the key role of temporary particle …

Plasmoid instability in evolving current sheets and onset of fast reconnection

YM Huang, L Comisso… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasmoid Instability in Evolving Current Sheets and Onset of Fast Reconnection - IOPscience
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Three-dimensional simulation of thermodynamics on confined turbulence in a large-scale CME-flare current sheet

J Ye, JC Raymond, Z Mei, Q Cai, Y Chen… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Turbulence plays a key role in forming the complex geometry of the large-scale current
sheet (CS) and fast energy release in a solar eruption. In this paper, we present full 3D high …

Plasmoid instability in forming current sheets

L Comisso, M Lingam, YM Huang… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The plasmoid instability has revolutionized our understanding of magnetic reconnection in
astrophysical environments. By preventing the formation of highly elongated reconnection …

The dynamical behavior of reconnection-driven termination shocks in solar flares: magnetohydrodynamic simulations

C Shen, X Kong, F Guo, JC Raymond… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In eruptive solar flares, termination shocks (TSs), formed when high-speed reconnection
outflows collide with closed dense flaring loops, are believed to be one of the possible …

The role of turbulence for heating plasmas in eruptive solar flares

J Ye, Q Cai, C Shen, JC Raymond, J Lin… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence is ubiquitous in the process of solar eruptions, and it is
crucial for the fast release of energy and the formation of complex thermal structures that …

Magnetic-island contraction and particle acceleration in simulated eruptive solar flares

SE Guidoni, CR DeVore, JT Karpen… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanism that accelerates particles to the energies required to produce the observed
high-energy impulsive emission in solar flares is not well understood. Drake et al. proposed …