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

Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies during explosive energy-
release phenomena in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. While it has …

Solar flares, driven by prompt release of free magnetic energy in the solar corona,, are
known to accelerate a substantial portion (ten per cent or more), of available electrons to …

Magnetic reconnection, topological changes in magnetic fields, is a fundamental process in
magnetized plasmas. It is associated with energy release in regions of magnetic field …

The first self-consistent simulations of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection in
a macroscale system are presented. Consistent with solar flare observations, the spectra of …

Using fully kinetic simulations, we demonstrate that magnetic reconnection in relativistic
plasmas is highly efficient at accelerating particles through a first-order Fermi process …

Magnetic reconnection is thought to be the driver for many explosive phenomena in the
universe. The energy release and particle acceleration during reconnection have been …

Shock waves, as shown by simulations and observations, can generate high levels of
downstream vortical turbulence, including magnetic islands. We consider a combination of …

The rate of magnetic reconnection is of the utmost importance in a variety of processes
because it controls, for example, the rate energy is released in solar flares, the speed of the …

Nonthermal electron acceleration via magnetic reconnection is thought to play an important
role in powering the variable X-ray emission from radiatively inefficient accretion flows …