Magnetic reconnection in a magnetohydrodynamic plasma

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May 1998

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Physics of Plasmas, Volume 5, Issue 5, pp. 1599-1606 (1998).

Physics

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Plasma Dynamics And Flow, Plasma-Material Interactions, Boundary Layer Effects

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Magnetic reconnection is important because of its connection with the topology of field lines. In general, a change in topology means a change of equilibrium, and a release of energy, such as occurs in solar flares. In the context of the solar flare two models for magnetic reconnection, the Sweet-Parker and the Petschek mechanism are presented. The pros and cons of these two models are presented. The role of anomalous resistivity in the Sweet-Parker model is discussed. The bearing of a laboratory experiment and a boundary layer analysis of the problem are described.

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