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- W3104122009 abstract "Magnetic reconnection, topological change in magnetic fields, is a fundamental process in magnetized plasmas. It is associated with energy release in regions of magnetic field annihilation, but this is only one facet of this process. Astrophysical flows normally have very large Reynolds numbers and are expected to be turbulent, in agreement with observations. In strong turbulence magnetic lines constantly reconnect everywhere at all scales, making magnetic reconnection an intrinsic part of turbulent cascade. We note that this is inconsistent with the usual practice of regarding magnetic lines as persistent dynamical elements. A number of theoretical, numerical, and observational studies, starting with Lazarian & Vishniac (1999), demonstrated that 3D turbulence makes magnetic reconnection fast and that these two processes are intrinsically connected. We discuss the dramatic violation of the textbook concept of magnetic flux-freezing in the presence of turbulence and demonstrate that in the presence of turbulence the plasma effects are subdominant to turbulence as far as the magnetic reconnection is concerned. This justifies an MHD-like treatment of magnetic reconnection at scales much larger than the relevant plasma scales. We discuss numerical and observational evidences supporting the turbulent reconnection model. In particular, we show that tearing reconnection is suppressed in 3D and, unlike the 2D case, the 3D reconnection induces turbulence that makes reconnection independent of resistivity. We show that turbulent reconnection dramatically affects the key astrophysical processes, e.g., star formation, turbulent dynamo, acceleration of cosmic rays. We provide criticism of the concept of reconnection-mediated turbulence and explain why turbulent reconnection is very different from enhanced turbulent resistivity and hyper-resistivity, and why the latter has fatal conceptual flaws." @default.
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- W3104122009 date "2020-01-01" @default.
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- W3104122009 title "3D turbulent reconnection: Theory, tests, and astrophysical implications" @default.
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