Reconnection of magnetic fields
Abstract
Spacecraft observations of steady and nonsteady reconnection at the magnetopause are reviewed. Computer simulations of three-dimensional reconnection in the geomagnetic tail are discussed. Theoretical aspects of the energization of particles in current sheets and of the microprocesses in the diffusion region are presented. Terrella experiments in which magnetospheric reconnection is simulated at both the magnetopause and in the tail are described. The possible role of reconnection in the evolution of solar magnetic fields and solar flares is discussed. A two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic computer simulation of turbulent reconnection is examined. Results concerning reconnection in Tokamak devices are also presented.
- Publication:
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In its Solar Terrest. Phys. 71 p (SEE N84-34332 23-88
- Pub Date:
- June 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984stp..nasaQ.....
- Keywords:
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- Geomagnetic Tail;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetopause;
- Particle Acceleration;
- Solar Electrons;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Cosmic Plasma;
- Current Sheets;
- Distribution Functions;
- Earth Magnetosphere;
- Electric Fields;
- Electron Distribution;
- Skylab Program;
- Solar Maximum Mission;
- Solar Physics;
- Spectral Methods;
- Stellar Models;
- Sun;
- Tearing Modes (Plasmas);
- Turbulence;
- Astrophysics