Small-scale reconnection

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Jun 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985esasp.235..137p&link_type=abstract

In ESA Future Missions in Solar, Heliospheric and Space Plasma Physics p 137-149 (SEE N86-27330 18-12)

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Plasma Physics

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Cosmic Plasma, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Tearing Modes (Plasmas), Ampte (Satellites), Magnetic Field Configurations, Particle Flux Density, Plasma Heating, Solar Corona, Solar Wind

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The theory, and examples of magnetic reconnection of cosmic plasma are discussed. The theory of reconnection consists of two branches: linear tearing modes and the fast nonlinear state of Petschek-Sonnerup reconnection. Developments linked them and reveal two fast unsteady regimes: the flux pile-up and the impulsive bursty regime. Applications include: mini flux transfer events discovered by the AMPTE satellite at the magnetopause; cancelling magnetic features in photospheric magnetograms form Big Bear Solar Observatory; and the heating of the solar corona by tearing turbulence at many small curent sheets.

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