The Rate of Spontaneous Plasma Reconnection
PI Name: Andrey Beresnyak, Naval Research Laboratory Allocation Program: 2017 INCITE Research Domain: Physics Magnetic reconnection is a topological rearrangement of magnetic field lines, leading to the release of magnetic energy, often associated with solar X-ray flares. One of the key questions dogging this field of study revolves around the reconnection rate, the velocity at which