Magnetic Reconnection A Modern Synthesis of Theory, Experiment, and Observations
The essential introduction to magnetic reconnection--written by a leading pioneer of the fieldPlasmas comprise more than 99 percent of the visible universe; and, wherever plasmas are, magnetic reconnection occurs. In this common and yet incompletely understood physical process, oppositely directed m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton
Princeton University Press,
[2022]
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| Series: | Princeton series in astrophysics.
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| Online Access: | https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/3010211.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Concept of magnetic reconnection and its development
- 1.2 Recent development and progress of understanding magnetic reconnection
- 1.3 Major questions
- 2. Magnetic reconnection observed in space and laboratory plasmas
- 2.1 Magnetic reconnection in solar flares
- 2.2 Magnetic reconnection in the magnetosphere
- 2.3 Magnetic reconnection in self-organization in fusion plasmas
- 2.4 An observation of a prototypical reconnection layer in a laboratory experiment
- 3. Development of MHD theories for magnetic reconnection, and key observations in laboratory and space plasmas
- 3.1 Early history of MHD theory on magnetic reconnection
- 3.2 Description of plasma fluid in magnetic fields by MHD
- 3.3 The flux freezing principle and maintaining plasma equilibrium
- 3.4 Breakdown of flux freezing and magnetic reconnection
- 3.5 Resistive MHD theories and magnetic reconnection
- 3.6 Experimental analysis of the magnetic reconnection layer based on MHD models
- 4. Kinetic description of the reconnection layer: One-dimensional Harris equilibrium and an experimental study
- 4.1 One-dimensional Harris formulation and solutions
- 4.2 Theory of the generalized Harris sheet
- 4.3 Experimental investigation of the Harris sheet
- 4.4 Additional comments and discussion
- 5. Development of two-fluid theory for reconnection coordinated with key observations
- 5.1 Reconnection in the magnetosphere and two-fluid dynamics
- 5.2 Relationship between the two-fluid formulation and MHD
- 5.3 Development of particle-in-cell simulations
- 5.4 Results from two-dimensional numerical simulations for collisionless reconnection
- 5.5 Profile and characteristics of the two-fluid reconnection layer
- 5.6 Experimental observations of two-fluid effects in the reconnection layer
- 5.7 Observation of a two-scale reconnection layer with identification of the electron diffusion layer in a laboratory plasma
- 5.8 Waves in the reconnection layer and enhanced resistivity
- 6. Laboratory plasma experiments dedicated to the study of magnetic reconnection
- 6.1 Early laboratory experiments on reconnection
- 6.2 Experiments of toroidal plasma merging
- 6.3 Controlled driven reconnection experiments
- 6.4 Main facilities dedicated to reconnection study
- 7. Recent observations of magnetic reconnection in solar and astrophysical plasmas
- 7.1 Features of magnetic reconnection in solar flare eruptions
- 7.2 Development of the standard solar flare model and magnetic reconnection
- 7.3 Breakout model with a multipolar magnetic configuration
- 7.4 Magnetic reconnection occurs impulsively
- 7.5 A model of magnetic reconnection in the Crab Nebula