The Magnetic Reconnection Code: Center for Magnetic Reconnection Studies
Understanding magnetic reconnection is one of the principal challenges in plasma physics. Reconnection is a process by which magnetic fields reconfigure themselves, releasing energy that can be converted to particle energies and bulk flows. Thanks to the availability of sophisticated diagnostics in fusion and laboratory experiments, in situ probing of magnetospheric and solar wind plasmas, and X-ray emission measurements from solar and stellar plasmas, theoretical models of magnetic reconnection can now be constrained by stringent observational tests. The members of the CMRS comprise an interdisciplinary group drawn from applied mathematics, astrophysics, computer science, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, and space science communities.
- Research Organization:
- Univeristy of New Hampshire
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-03ER54723
- OSTI ID:
- 902430
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/54723-1; TRN: US200722%%323
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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