First-principles theory of the rate of magnetic reconnection in magnetospheric and solar plasmas
Different models exist to characterize magnetic reconnection, a process that converts magnetic energy into plasma thermal and kinetic energy, but a quantitative theoretical predictive model of how rapidly it proceeds has been lacking. Here, a self-consistent theory of the reconnection rate derived f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Communications Physics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00854-x |