Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments

H Ji, W Daughton, J Jara-Almonte, A Le… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which
inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions …

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 …

Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes

SD Bale, JF Drake, MD McManus, MI Desai… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The fast solar wind that fills the heliosphere originates from deep within regions of open
magnetic field on the Sun called 'coronal holes'. The energy source responsible for …

[HTML][HTML] 3D turbulent reconnection: Theory, tests, and astrophysical implications

A Lazarian, GL Eyink, A Jafari, G Kowal, H Li, S Xu… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection, topological changes in magnetic fields, is a fundamental process in
magnetized plasmas. It is associated with energy release in regions of magnetic field …

Reconnection-driven energy cascade in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

C Dong, L Wang, YM Huang, L Comisso… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence regulates the transfer of energy from large to small scales
in many astrophysical systems, including the solar atmosphere. We perform three …

The interplay of magnetically dominated turbulence and magnetic reconnection in producing nonthermal particles

L Comisso, L Sironi - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetized turbulence and magnetic reconnection are often invoked to explain the
nonthermal emission observed from a wide variety of astrophysical sources. By means of …

The origin of underdense plasma downflows associated with magnetic reconnection in solar flares

C Shen, B Chen, KK Reeves, S Yu, V Polito, X **e - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that powers explosive energy-release events
such as solar flares, geomagnetic substorms and some astrophysical jets. A characteristic …

Reconciling cosmic ray transport theory with phenomenological models motivated by Milky-Way data

P Kempski, E Quataert - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Phenomenological models of cosmic ray (CR) transport in the Milky Way can reproduce a
wide range of observations assuming that CRs scatter off of magnetic-field fluctuations with …

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 …

Magnetic energy release, plasma dynamics, and particle acceleration in relativistic turbulent magnetic reconnection

F Guo, X Li, W Daughton, H Li, P Kilian… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In strongly magnetized astrophysical plasma systems, magnetic reconnection is believed to
be the primary process during which explosive energy release and particle acceleration …