Scaling the energy conversion rate from magnetic field reconnection to different bodies
Magnetic field reconnection is often invoked to explain electromagnetic energy conversion in planetary magnetospheres, stellar coronae, and other astrophysical objects. Because of the huge dynamic range of magnetic fields in these bodies, it is important to understand energy conversion as a function of magnetic field strength and related parameters. It is conjectured theoretically and shown experimentally that the energy conversion rate per unit area in reconnection scales as the cube of an appropriately weighted magnetic ...
Mozer, F.; Hull, A.;
Published by: Physics of Plasmas Published on: 10/2010
YEAR: 2010   DOI: 10.1063/1.3504224
95.30.Qd; astrophysical plasma; magnetic reconnection; parker solar probe; planetary magnetism; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; solar flares; solar magnetism; Solar Probe Plus
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