On the cessation of magnetic reconnection by M. Hesse, J. Birn

“…Kinetic simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection are used to study the effect on the reconnection rate of ion density enhancements in the inflow region. …”
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Collisionless driven magnetic reconnection / by 439822 Ritoku Horiuchi, Tetsuya, Sato

Magnetic reconnection as an element of turbulence by S. Servidio, P. Dmitruk, A. Greco, M. Wan, S. Donato, P. A. Cassak, M. A. Shay, V. Carbone, W. H. Matthaeus

“…Our new approach to the study of reconnection as an element of turbulence has broad applications to space plasmas, shedding a new light on the study of magnetic reconnection in nature.…”
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The origin of collisionless dissipation in magnetic reconnection / by 180987 Motohiko Tanaka

A mechanism of collisionless magnetic reconnection / by 180987 Motohiko Tanaka

Separatrix regions of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause by T. Lindstedt, T. Lindstedt, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Vaivads, M. André, R. C. Fear, B. Lavraud, S. Haaland, S. Haaland, C. J. Owen

“…Using data from the four Cluster spacecraft we study the separatrix regions of magnetic reconnection sites at the dayside magnetopause under conditions when reconnection is occurring in the magnetopause current layer which separates magnetosheath plasma from the hot magnetospheric plasma sheet. …”
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Electron-scale physics in magnetic reconnection by Hengyan Man, Meng Zhou, Zhihong Zhong, Xiaohua Deng

Subjects: “…magnetic reconnection…”
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Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasmas by Rudolf A. Treumann, Wolfgang eBaumjohann

“…Magnetic reconnection, the merging of oppositely directed magnetic fields that leads to field reconfiguration, plasma heating, jetting and acceleration, is one of the most celebrated processes in collisionless plasmas. …”
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Magnetic Reconnection in the Wakes of Cosmic Strings by Dilip Kumar, Soma Sanyal

“…We study magnetized wakes of cosmic strings moving in the postrecombination plasma. We show that magnetic reconnection can occur in the postshock region. …”
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Effect of interchange instability on magnetic reconnection by W. Lyatsky, M. L. Goldstein

“…The interchange instability results in formation of tongues of heated plasma that leaves the reconnection layer through its wide surface rather than through its narrow ends, as is the case in traditional magnetic reconnection models. This plasma flow out of the reconnection layer facilitates the removal of plasma from the layer and leads to fast reconnection. …”
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Magnetic reconnection driven by electron dynamics by Y. Kuramitsu, T. Moritaka, Y. Sakawa, T. Morita, T. Sano, M. Koenig, C. D. Gregory, N. Woolsey, K. Tomita, H. Takabe, Y. L. Liu, S. H. Chen, S. Matsukiyo, M. Hoshino

“…Magnetic reconnection is the process of releasing energy by magnetized and space plasma. …”
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Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind by Nour E. Raouafi, G. Stenborg, D. B. Seaton, H. Wang, J. Wang, C. E. DeForest, S. D. Bale, J. F. Drake, V. M. Uritsky, J. T. Karpen, C. R. DeVore, A. C. Sterling, T. S. Horbury, L. K. Harra, S. Bourouaine, J. C. Kasper, P. Kumar, T. D. Phan, M. Velli

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Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence by Boldyrev, Stanislav

“…We analyze the role of magnetic reconnection in these structures and conclude that reconnection becomes important at a scale λ∼LS_{L}^{-4/7}, where S_{L} is the outer-scale (L) Lundquist number and λ is the smallest of the field-perpendicular eddy dimensions. …”
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Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection in Two Dimensions by Loureiro, N, Uzdensky, D, Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S, Yousef, T

“…Two-dimensional numerical simulations of the effect of background turbulence on 2D resistive magnetic reconnection are presented. For sufficiently small values of the resistivity ($\eta$) and moderate values of the turbulent power ($\epsilon$), the reconnection rate is found to have a much weaker dependence on $\eta$ than the Sweet-Parker scaling of $\eta^{1/2}$ and is even consistent with an $\eta-$independent value. …”

Formation of plasmoid chains in magnetic reconnection. by Samtaney, R, Loureiro, N, Uzdensky, D, Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S

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Cosmic rays and stochastic magnetic reconnection in the heliotail by P. Desiati, A. Lazarian

“…Where magnetic field domains converge on each other due to solar wind gradient, stochastic magnetic reconnection likely occurs. Such processes may be efficient enough to re-accelerate a fraction of TeV particles as long as scattering processes are not strong. …”
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Collisionless magnetic reconnection in a plasmoid chain by S. Markidis, P. Henri, G. Lapenta, A. Divin, M. V. Goldman, D. Newman, S. Eriksson

“…The kinetic features of plasmoid chain formation and evolution are investigated by two dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations. Magnetic reconnection is initiated in multiple &lt;i&gt;X&lt;/i&gt; points by the tearing instability. …”
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Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection and Waves: Progress Review by Yuri V. Khotyaintsev, Daniel B. Graham, Cecilia Norgren, Andris Vaivads

Subjects: “…magnetic reconnection…”
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Recent Progress in Understanding Solar Magnetic Reconnection by Jeongwoo Lee

“…Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process occurring in a wide range of astrophysical, heliospheric and laboratory plasmas. …”
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Ion Bernstein waves in the magnetic reconnection region by Y. Narita, Y. Narita, R. Nakamura, W. Baumjohann, K.-H. Glassmeier, K.-H. Glassmeier, U. Motschmann, U. Motschmann, H. Comişel, H. Comişel

“…Perpendicular-propagating ion Bernstein waves likely exist in an outflow region of magnetic reconnection, which may contribute to bifurcation of the current sheet in the outflow region.…”
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