In the last three years, magnetic reconnection research in the MAST spherical tokamak
achieved major progress by the use of new 32 chord ion Doppler tomography and 130 …

We present a 3D MHD simulation of two merging flux ropes exhibiting self-generated and
self-sustaining turbulent reconnection (SGTR) that is fully 3D and fast. The exploration of …

Electron and ion heating characteristics during merging reconnection start-up on the MAST
spherical tokamak have been revealed in detail using a 130 channel yttrium aluminum …

Merging-compression is a solenoid-free plasma formation method used in spherical
tokamaks (STs). Two plasma rings are formed and merged via magnetic reconnection into …

Magnetic flux ropes are highly twisted, current-carrying magnetic fields. They are crucial for
the instability of plasma involved in solar eruptions, which may lead to adverse space …

We present results of recent studies of merging/reconnection heating during central solenoid
(CS)-free plasma startup in the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST). During this process …

Realistic models of magnetic reconnection in the solar chromosphere must take into account
that the plasma is partially ionized and that plasma conditions within any two magnetic flux …

Twisted magnetic flux ropes are ubiquitous in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas, and the
merging of such flux ropes through magnetic reconnection is an important mechanism for …

Solar flares are explosive events in the solar corona, representing fast conversion of
magnetic energy into thermal and kinetic energy, and hence radiation, due to magnetic …

We report new multi-spacecraft Cluster observations of tripolar guide magnetic field
perturbations at a solar wind reconnection exhaust in the presence of a guide field BM which …