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Reconnection in substorms and solar flares: analogies and differences [PDF]

Annales Geophysicae, 2009
Magnetic reconnection is the crucial process in the release of magnetic energy associated with magnetospheric substorms and with solar flares. On the basis of three-dimensional resistive MHD simulations we investigate similarities and differences ...
J. Birn, M. Hesse
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Spiky Bursts of Energetic Electron Beams Upstream of Nonstationary Quasi‐Perpendicular Shocks

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 16, 28 August 2026.
Abstract Energetic electron beams play a crucial role in collisionless shocks by driving upstream plasma waves and providing seed populations for diffusive shock acceleration. However, the processes responsible for their generation at quasi‐perpendicular shocks remain poorly understood.
Ao Guo, Quanming Lu, San Lu, Shutao Yao, Xinliang Gao   +4 more
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Magnetic Reconnection–driven Energization of Protons up to ∼400 keV at the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
We report observations of direct evidence of energetic protons being accelerated above ∼400 keV within the reconnection exhaust of a heliospheric current sheet (HCS) crossing by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) at a distance of ∼16.25 solar radii ( R _s )
M. I. Desai, J. F. Drake, T. Phan, Z. Yin, M. Swisdak, D. J. McComas, S. D. Bale, A. Rahmati, D. Larson, W. H. Matthaeus, M. A. Dayeh, M. J. Starkey, N. E. Raouafi, D. G. Mitchell, C. M. S. Cohen, J. R. Szalay, J. Giacalone, M. E. Hill, E. R. Christian, N. A. Schwadron, R. L. McNutt Jr., O. Malandraki, P. Whittlesey, R. Livi, J. C. Kasper   +24 more
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Magnetopause reconnection and interlinked flux tubes [PDF]

Annales Geophysicae, 2013
Magnetic reconnection can be a continuous or a transient process. Global magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations are important tools to understand the relevant magnetic reconnection mechanisms and the resulting magnetic structures.
F. R. Cardoso, F. R. Cardoso, W. D. Gonzalez, D. G. Sibeck, M. Kuznetsova, D. Koga   +5 more
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Structured Energy Conversion in Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 15, 16 August 2026.
Abstract We present quantitative investigations of the energy conversion pathways—electromagnetic ϵEM $\left({{\epsilon}}^{EM}\right)$, fluid flow ϵf $\left({{\epsilon}}^{f}\right)$, and particle thermal ϵth $\left({{\epsilon}}^{th}\right)$ energies—within the Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability (KHI) observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission. We find
Kyunghwan Dokgo, Kyoung‐Joo Hwang, Eunjin Choi, James L. Burch, Rungployphan Kieokaew   +4 more
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Magnetic reconnection in the solar atmosphere: from proposal to paradigm [PDF]

Astronomy & Geophysics, 2010
Meeting report On 13 November 2009, the RAS hosted a discussion meeting to commemorate the formal retirement of Prof. Eric Priest. Here Peter Cargill, Clare Parnell, Philippa Browning, Ineke de Moortel and Alan Hood examine how magnetic reconnection has evolved over the past 50 years from an important but controversial proposal, to a general paradigm. ©
Cargill, Peter, Parnell, Clare, Browning, Philippa; id_orcid 0000-0002-7089-5562, de Moortel, Ineke, Hood, Alan   +4 more
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The Evolution of Photospheric Magnetic Fields at the Footpoints of Reconnected Structures in the Solar Atmosphere

The Astrophysical Journal
Magnetic reconnection is believed to play an important role in the release and conversion of energy among magnetized plasma systems. So far, we have been unable to understand under what conditions magnetic reconnection can take place.
Tao Ding, Jun Zhang, Yue Fang, Junchao Hong, Yi Bi, Yongyuan Xiang   +5 more
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Magnetic Field Disturbance Induced by the Enhanced Suprathermal Ring Current in the Magnetosphere of Saturn

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 15, 16 August 2026.
Abstract Saturn's ring current, which modulates the global magnetic field configuration, varies dynamically with hot plasma injections. However, quantifying transient magnetic field disturbances remains challenging in the absence of in situ measurements on Saturn's surface.
Yimeng Li, Chao Yue, Yongfu Wang, Konstantinos Dialynas, Yixin Sun, Qiugang Zong, Yixin Hao, Xuzhi Zhou   +7 more
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CAN THE SOLAR WIND BE DRIVEN BY MAGNETIC RECONNECTION IN THE SUN'S MAGNETIC CARPET? [PDF]

The Astrophysical Journal, 2010
The physical processes that heat the solar corona and accelerate the solar wind remain unknown after many years of study. Some have suggested that the wind is driven by waves and turbulence in open magnetic flux tubes, and others have suggested that plasma is injected into the open tubes by magnetic reconnection with closed loops.
Cranmer, Steven R., van Ballegooijen, Adriaan A.   +1 more
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Three Types of Solar Coronal Rain during Magnetic Reconnection between Open and Closed Magnetic Structures

The Astrophysical Journal
Coronal rain (CR) is a crucial part of the mass cycle between the corona and chromosphere. It includes flare-driven CR and two types of quiescent CR, along nonflaring active region closed loops and along open structures, separately, labeled as type I ...
Fangfang Qiao, Leping Li, Hui Tian, Zhenyong Hou, Hongqiang Song, Kaifan Ji, Zheng Sun   +6 more
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