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

Magnetized turbulence and magnetic reconnection are often invoked to explain the
nonthermal emission observed from a wide variety of astrophysical sources. By means of …

Magnetic reconnection has been intensively studied in fully ionized plasmas. However,
plasmas are often partially ionized in astrophysical environments. The interactions between …

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that powers explosive energy-release events
such as solar flares, geomagnetic substorms and some astrophysical jets. A characteristic …

Recent progress in understanding the physics of magnetic reconnection is conveniently
summarized in terms of a phase diagram which organizes the essential dynamics for a wide …

Magnetic reconnection is the topological reconfiguration of the magnetic field in a plasma,
accompanied by the violent release of energy and particle acceleration. Reconnection is as …

This review of scaling theories of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence aims to put the
developments of the last few years in the context of the canonical time line (from Kolmogorov …

A general theory of the onset and development of the plasmoid instability is formulated by
means of a principle of least time. The scaling relations for the final aspect ratio, transition …

Magnetic reconnection is commonly considered to be a mechanism of solar (eruptive) flares.
A deeper study of this scenario reveals, however, a number of open issues. Among them is …

Magnetic reconnection in the partially ionized solar chromosphere is studied in 2.5
dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations including radiative cooling and ambipolar …