Direct evidence of secondary reconnection inside filamentary currents of magnetic flux ropes during magnetic reconnection

Shimou Wang; Rongsheng Wang; Quanming Lu; Huishan Fu; Shui Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17803-3

Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Direct evidence of secondary reconnection inside filamentary currents of magnetic flux ropes during magnetic reconnection

Shimou Wang,
Rongsheng Wang,
Quanming Lu,
Huishan Fu,
Shui Wang

Affiliations

Shimou Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Rongsheng Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Quanming Lu: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Huishan Fu: School of Space and Environment, Beihang University
Shui Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17803-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process of magnetic energy conversion to kinetic energy. Here, the authors show direct evidence of secondary reconnection in the filamentary currents within the flux ropes indicating a significant contribution to energy conversion in the kinetic scale during turbulent reconnection.

Published in Nature Communications

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