'Reconnection rate' presentation slideshows

Problems in MHD Reconnection ??

Problems in MHD Reconnection ??. (Cambridge, Aug 3, 2004) Eric Priest St Andrews. CONTENTS. 1. Introduction 2. 2D Reconnection 3. 3D Reconnection 4. [Solar Flares] 5. Coronal Heating. 1. INTRODUCTION. Reconnection is a fundamental process in a plasma:. Changes the topology

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Problems in MHD Reconnection ??

Problems in MHD Reconnection ??. (Cambridge, Aug 3, 2004) Eric Priest St Andrews. CONTENTS. 1. Introduction 2. 2D Reconnection 3. 3D Reconnection 4. [Solar Flares] 5. Coronal Heating. 1. INTRODUCTION. Reconnection is a fundamental process in a plasma:. Changes the topology

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Magnetic Reconnection: Some Answers and Open Questions

Magnetic Reconnection: Some Answers and Open Questions. Amitava Bhattacharjee Space Science Center and Center for Magnetic Self-Organization University of New Hampshire NESSC Meeting, Durham, New Hampshire, January 9, 2007. Collaborators.

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The Hall Current in Collisionless Reconnection and Reconnection in an Electron-Positron Plasma

The Hall Current in Collisionless Reconnection and Reconnection in an Electron-Positron Plasma. Manfred Scholer. Max-Planck-Inst. Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany Queen MaryCollege, University London, UK. Claus H. Jaroschek Rudolf A. Treumann.

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The Hall Current in Collisionless Reconnection and Reconnection in an Electron-Positron Plasma

The Hall Current in Collisionless Reconnection and Reconnection in an Electron-Positron Plasma. Manfred Scholer. Max-Planck-Inst. Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany Queen MaryCollege, University London, UK. Claus H. Jaroschek Rudolf A. Treumann.

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The Structure of Thin Current Sheets Associated with Reconnection X-lines

The Structure of Thin Current Sheets Associated with Reconnection X-lines. Marc Swisdak The Second Workshop on Thin Current Sheets April 20, 2004. Collaborators. U. of Maryland. J. Drake M. Shay J. McIlhargey B. Rogers A. Zeiler. UMBC. Dartmouth College. MPP-Garching. z. y. x.

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Remote sensing magnetic reconnection in the magnetosphere.

Remote sensing magnetic reconnection in the magnetosphere. Mervyn Freeman and the Magnetic Reconnection project team British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge www.antarctica.ac.uk/BAS_Science/Programmes/MRS/mrproject/index.html. 17 August 2004. Magnetic Reconnection Theory Workshop, Cambridge.

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Ryan Milligan (CUA/NASA-GSFC)

Enhanced Particle Acceleration During a Plasmoid-Looptop Collision Observed with RHESSI and STEREO. Ryan Milligan (CUA/NASA-GSFC) Collaborators: R. T. James McAteer (TCD), Brian R. Dennis (NASA/GSFC) & C. Alex Young (Adnet/NASA-GSFC). Outline. What is a plasmoid?

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Addressing magnetic reconnection on multiple scales:

Addressing magnetic reconnection on multiple scales: What controls the reconnection rate in astrophysical plasmas?. John C. Dorelli University of New Hampshire Space Science Center. Is reconnection a local process? What is the role of boundary conditions?

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Some books

Magnetic reconnection in solar theory: MHD vs Kinetics Philippa Browning, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Manchester. Some books. This talk is NOT a review of magnetic reconnection! For overview of current state of play on reconnection theory:

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Magnetic Reconnection in Multi-Fluid Plasmas

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Magnetic Reconnection Rate and Energy Release Rate

Magnetic Reconnection Rate and Energy Release Rate. Jeongwoo Lee 2008 April 1 NJIT/CSTR Seminar Day. Magnetic Reconnection Theory. Sweet-Parker theory All the reconnection plasma flows through the shaded diffusion region. Very slow reconnection results. Petschek theory

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Unsteady reconnection session

Unsteady reconnection session. Working group coordinators: T. Intrator, J. Borovsky - LANL 30-40 participants Energy stored in stressed magnetic fields can produce large scale explosive events Unsteady , impulsive , multi time scale , probably requires 3D to exist

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National Undergraduate Fellowship Program in Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering Plasma Astrophysics Michael Brown Swa

National Undergraduate Fellowship Program in Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering Plasma Astrophysics Michael Brown Swarthmore College June 2007 Outline Brief plasma review (B-fields and MHD) Two important paradigms Astrophysical objects (solar flares to galactic jets)

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Dispersive Waves and Magnetic Reconnection

Dispersive Waves and Magnetic Reconnection. Alex Flanagan (University of Wisconsin) J. F. Drake (UMD), M. Swisdak (UMD). Magnetic Reconnection?. Magnetic energy converted to kinetic and thermal energy

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