Plasma heating by collisionless magnetic reconnection: Analysis and computation

1993 ◽  
Vol 98 (A3) ◽  
pp. 4013-4040 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Moses ◽  
J. M. Finn ◽  
K. M. Ling
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Lin ◽  
Jing Ye

<p>Magnetic reconnection plays a crucial role in the process of solar flares and coronal mass ejections, in which large amounts of magnetic energy (10^29-10^32 ergs) are converted into kinetic energy and thermal energy, even allowing for particle acceleration. On the platform of the Computational Solar Physics Laboratory of Yunnan Observatories, we have performed a series of numerical experiments on magnetic reconnection related to solar eruption events as well as numerical method developments both in 2D and 3D. In this talk, we will present some recent studies on the topic of plasma heating by reconnection, MHD turbulence, wave structures and complicate structures of CMEs, etc. Our numerical results have great potentials to explain and predict many related solar activities in the corona. </p>


2022 ◽  
Vol 924 (1) ◽  
pp. L7
Author(s):  
Lei Lu ◽  
Li Feng ◽  
Alexander Warmuth ◽  
Astrid M. Veronig ◽  
Jing Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process converting magnetic energy into not only plasma energy but also particle energy in various astrophysical phenomena. In this Letter, we show a unique data set of a solar flare where various plasmoids were formed by a continually stretched current sheet. Extreme ultraviolet images captured reconnection inflows, outflows, and particularly the recurring plasma blobs (plasmoids). X-ray images reveal nonthermal emission sources at the lower end of the current sheet, presumably as large plasmoids with a sufficiently amount of energetic electrons trapped in them. In the radio domain, an upward, slowly drifting pulsation structure, followed by a rare pair of oppositely drifting structures, was observed. These structures are supposed to map the evolution of the primary and the secondary plasmoids formed in the current sheet. Our results on plasmoids at different locations and scales shed important light on the dynamics, plasma heating, particle acceleration, and transport processes in the turbulent current sheet and provide observational evidence for the cascading magnetic reconnection process.


2018 ◽  
Vol 856 (2) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
He Jiansen ◽  
Zhu Xingyu ◽  
Chen Yajie ◽  
Salem Chadi ◽  
Stevens Michael ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S354) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
J. B. Climent ◽  
J. C. Guirado ◽  
R. Azulay ◽  
J. M. Marcaide

AbstractWe report the results of three VLBI observations of the pre-main-sequence star AB Doradus A at 8.4 GHz. With almost three years between consecutive observations, we found a complex structure at the expected position of this star for all epochs. Maps at epochs 2007 and 2010 show a double core-halo morphology while the 2013 map reveals three emission peaks with separations between 5 and 18 stellar radii. Furthermore, all maps show a clear variation of the source structure within the observing time. We consider a number of hypothesis in order to explain such observations, mainly: magnetic reconnection in loops on the polar cap, a more general loop scenario and a close companion to AB Dor A.


1975 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 540-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F Baugh ◽  
James E Brown ◽  
Cecil Hougie

SummaryNormal human plasma contains a component or components which interfere with ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation. Preliminary examination suggests a protein (or proteins) which binds ristocetin and competes more effectively for ristocetin than do the proteins involved in ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation. The presence of this protein in normal human plasma also prevents ristocetin-induced precipitation of plasma proteins at levels of ristocetin necessary to produce platelet aggregation (0.5–2.0 mg/ml). Serum contains an apparent two-fold increase of this component when compared with plasma. Heating serum at 56° for one hour results in an additional 2 to 4 fold increase. The presence of a ristocetin-binding protein in normal human plasma requires that this protein be saturated with ristocetin before ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation will occur. Variations in the ristocetin-binding protein(s) will cause apparent discrepancies in ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation in normal human plasmas.


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