Fast plasmoid-mediated reconnection in a solar flare

Xiaoli Yan; Zhike Xue; Chaowei Jiang; E. R. Priest; Bernhard Kliem; Liheng Yang; Jincheng Wang; Defang Kong; Yongliang Song; Xueshang Feng; Zhong Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28269-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Fast plasmoid-mediated reconnection in a solar flare

Xiaoli Yan,
Zhike Xue,
Chaowei Jiang,
E. R. Priest,
Bernhard Kliem,
Liheng Yang,
Jincheng Wang,
Defang Kong,
Yongliang Song,
Xueshang Feng,
Zhong Liu

Affiliations

Xiaoli Yan: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhike Xue: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chaowei Jiang: Institute of Space Science and Applied Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology
E. R. Priest: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews
Bernhard Kliem: Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam
Liheng Yang: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jincheng Wang: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Defang Kong: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongliang Song: Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xueshang Feng: State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhong Liu: Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28269-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Solar flares provide wide range of observational details about fundamental processes involved. Here, the authors show evidence for magnetic reconnection in a strong confined solar flare displaying all four reconnection flows with plasmoids in the current sheet and the separatrices.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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