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 …

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

Magnetic storms on stars manifest as remarkable, randomly occurring changes of the
luminosity over durations that are tiny in comparison to the normal evolution of stars. These …

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 rate of magnetic reconnection is of the utmost importance in a variety of processes
because it controls, for example, the rate energy is released in solar flares, the speed of the …

The mechanisms that generate “seed” magnetic fields in our Universe and that amplify them
throughout cosmic time remain poorly understood. By means of fully kinetic particle-in-cell …

Turbulence is often invoked to explain the origin of nonthermal particles in space and
astrophysical plasmas. By means of 3D fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations, we …

The recent discovery of astrophysical neutrinos from the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 suggests
the presence of nonthermal protons within a compact" coronal" region close to the central …

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

Radiation emitted by nonthermal particles accelerated during relativistic magnetic
reconnection is critical for understanding the nonthermal emission in a variety of …