The Magnetic Reconnection Code: Center for Magnetic Reconnection Studies

Bhattacharjee, Amitava

Univeristy of New Hampshire

关键词: Solar Wind;    Magnetic Fields;    Computers;    Magnetic Reconnection;    Physics;   

DOI  :  10.2172/902430
RP-ID  :  DOE/ER/54723-1
RP-ID  :  FC02-03ER54723
RP-ID  :  902430

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Understanding magnetic reconnection is one of the principal challenges in plasma physics. Reconnection is a process by which magnetic fields reconfigure themselves, releasing energy that can be converted to particle energies and bulk flows. Thanks to the availability of sophisticated diagnostics in fusion and laboratory experiments, in situ probing of magnetospheric and solar wind plasmas, and X-ray emission measurements from solar and stellar plasmas, theoretical models of magnetic reconnection can now be constrained by stringent observational tests. The members of the CMRS comprise an interdisciplinary group drawn from applied mathematics, astrophysics, computer science, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, and space science communities.