Magnetic reconnection with radiative cooling. I. Optically thin regime
Magnetic reconnection with radiative cooling. I. Optically thin regime
Magnetic reconnection, a fundamental plasma process associated with a rapid dissipation of magnetic energy, is believed to power many disruptive phenomena in laboratory plasma devices, the Earth magnetosphere, and the solar corona. Traditional reconnection research, geared towards these rather tenuous environments, has justifiably ignored the effects of radiation on the …