A review of the 0.1 reconnection rate problem
Abstract
A long-standing problem in magnetic reconnection is to explain why it tends to proceed at or below a normalized rate of 0.1. This article gives a review of observational and numerical evidence for this rate and discusses recent theoretical work addressing this problem. Some remaining open questions are summarized.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377817000666
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1708.03449
- Bibcode:
- 2017JPlPh..83e7101C
- Keywords:
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- astrophysical plasmas;
- fusion plasma;
- space plasma physics;
- Physics - Plasma Physics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Physics - Space Physics
- E-Print:
- 16 pages, 4 figures, the manuscript was prepared for the first Journal of Plasma Physics Frontiers in Plasma Physics Conference, accepted to Journal of Plasma Physics, August 2017