Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasmas

Magnetic reconnection, the merging of oppositely directed magnetic fields that leads to field reconfiguration, plasma heating, jetting and acceleration, is one of the most celebrated processes in collisionless plasmas. It requires the violation of the frozen-in condition which ties gyrating charged...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rudolf A. Treumann, Wolfgang eBaumjohann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphy.2013.00031/full