Thin current sheets in systems of large size that exceed a critical value of the Lundquist
number are unstable to a super-Alfvénic tearing instability, referred to hereafter as the …

Recent progress in understanding the physics of magnetic reconnection is conveniently
summarized in terms of a phase diagram which organizes the essential dynamics for a wide …

This paper deals with the derivation and analysis of the the Hall Magneto-Hydrodynamic
equations. We first provide a derivation of this system from a two-fluids Euler-Maxwell …

Using fully kinetic simulations with a Fokker-Planck collision operator, it is demonstrated that
Sweet-Parker reconnection layers are unstable to plasmoids (secondary islands) for …

We establish temporal decay estimates for weak solutions to the Hall-magnetohydrodynamic
equations. With these estimates in hand we obtain algebraic time decay for higher order …

In large-scale systems of interest to solar physics, there is growing evidence that magnetic
reconnection involves the formation of extended current sheets which are unstable to …

Magnetic reconnection may play an important role in heating the corona through a release
of magnetic energy. An understanding of how reconnection proceeds can contribute to …

The role of a super-Alfvénic plasmoid instability in the onset of fast reconnection is studied
by means of the largest Hall magnetohydrodynamics simulations to date, with system sizes …

The concept of reconnection is found in many fields of physics with the closest analogue to
magnetic reconnection being the reconnection of vortex tubes in hydrodynamics. In …

Determining the magnetic field structure, electric currents, and plasma distributions within
flux transfer event (FTE)‐type flux ropes is critical to the understanding of their origin …