Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which
inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions …

Plasmoids—magnetized quasi-circular structures formed self-consistently in reconnecting
current sheets—were previously considered to be the graveyards of energetic particles. In …

INTRODUCTION Magnetic reconnection is a physical process occurring in plasmas in which
magnetic energy is explosively converted into heat and kinetic energy. The effects of …

In magnetized astrophysical outflows, the dissipation of field energy into particle energy via
magnetic reconnection is often invoked to explain the observed non-thermal signatures. By …

Magnetic reconnection, in which magnetic field lines break and reconnect to change their
topology, occurs throughout the universe. The essential feature of reconnection is that it …

We investigate the distribution of particle acceleration sites, independently of the actual
acceleration mechanism, during plasmoid-dominated, relativistic collisionless magnetic …

Magnetic reconnection is a multi-faceted process of energy conversion in astrophysical,
space and laboratory plasmas that operates at microscopic scales but has macroscopic …

Magnetic reconnection is a topological rearrangement of magnetic field that occurs on time
scales much faster than the global magnetic diffusion time. Since the field lines break on …

In this Letter we analyze the energy distribution evolution of test particles injected in three
dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of different magnetic …

Magnetic reconnection is a topological rearrangement of magnetic field that converts
magnetic energy to plasma energy. Astrophysical flares, from the Earth's magnetosphere to …