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ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue 9, Pages 1508-1522Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.12.022
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Magnetic fields; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetohydrodynamics
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- COSPAR
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/H008799/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [ST/H008799/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The magnetic field in many astrophysical plasmas - such as the solar corona and Earth's magnetosphere - has been shown to have a highly complex, three-dimensional structure. Recent advances in theory and computational simulations have shown that reconnection in these fields also has a three-dimensional nature, in contrast to the widely used two-dimensional (or 2.5-dimensional) models. Here we discuss the underlying theory of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection. We also review a selection of new models that illustrate the current state of the art, as well as highlighting the complexity of energy release processes mediated by reconnection in complicated three-dimensional magnetic fields. (C) 2011 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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