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Magnetic field line reconnection is a process which results in a change in the field topology, release of magnetic field energy, and associated acceleration and heating of plasma (see, e.g., [1], [2], [3]). This energy conversion process occurs in astrophysical, solar, space, and laboratory plasmas [4]. In space physics, reconnection has been investigated in analytical studies based on generalizations of the Petschek model ([5], [1], [6], [7]); in numerical simulations ([8], [9]); and in the study of in-situ data (e.g., [10]).
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Biernat, H.K., Semenov, V.S., Drobysh, O.A., Farrugia, C.J., Erkaev, N.V. (1998). Time—Varying Reconnection. In: Moen, J., Egeland, A., Lockwood, M. (eds) Polar Cap Boundary Phenomena. NATO ASI Series, vol 509. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5214-3_4
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