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

M Yamada, R Kulsrud, H Ji - Reviews of modern physics, 2010 - APS
The fundamental physics of magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space plasmas is
reviewed by discussing results from theory, numerical simulations, observations from space …

The PLUTO code for adaptive mesh computations in astrophysical fluid dynamics

A Mignone, C Zanni, P Tzeferacos… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a description of the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) implementation of the
PLUTO code for solving the equations of classical and special relativistic …

[BOOK][B] Plasma physics: an introduction

R Fitzpatrick - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Encompasses the Lectured Works of a Renowned Expert in the Field Plasma Physics: An
Introduction is based on a series of university course lectures by a leading name in the field …

Magnetic reconnection in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas

EG Zweibel, M Yamada - Annual review of astronomy and …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Magnetic reconnection is a topological rearrangement of magnetic field that converts
magnetic energy to plasma energy. Astrophysical flares, from the Earth's magnetosphere to …

The inverse cascade and nonlinear alpha-effect in simulations of isotropic helical hydromagnetic turbulence

A Brandenburg - The Astrophysical Journal, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
A numerical model of isotropic homogeneous turbulence with helical forcing is investigated.
The resulting flow, which is essentially the prototype of the α 2 dynamo of mean field …

Phase diagram for magnetic reconnection in heliophysical, astrophysical, and laboratory plasmas

H Ji, W Daughton - Physics of Plasmas, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Magnetic reconnection and plasma dynamics in two-beam laser-solid interactions

PM Nilson, L Willingale, MC Kaluza, C Kamperidis… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
We present measurements of a magnetic reconnection in a plasma created by two laser
beams (1 ns pulse duration, 1× 10 15 W cm-2) focused in close proximity on a planar solid …

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 review of the 0.1 reconnection rate problem

PA Cassak, YH Liu, MA Shay - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2017 - cambridge.org
A long-standing problem in magnetic reconnection is to explain why it tends to proceed at or
below a normalized rate of 0.1. This article gives a review of observational and numerical …