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The scientists plan to develop detailed simulations of the emergence of the magnetic field from the subsurface of the Sun into its atmosphere, as well as gain a three - dimensional view of plasma turbulence and magnetic reconnection in space that lead to plasma heating.

The successful applicant will work with Prof. Dr. Jörg Büchner and Dr. Patricio Muñoz on kinetic simulations of electron acceleration by magnetic reconnection in stellar atmospheres to be verified by observed solar type - III radio bursts.

The other is magnetic heating, in which magnetic energy is continuously built up by photospheric motion and released through magnetic reconnection in the form of large solar flares and myriad similar but smaller events.

«The best picture yet of magnetic reconnection in space» offer insight into the role of magnetic reconnection in celestial explosions, eruptions and extraordinary emissions of energy.

Due to the huge amount of energy released in these superflares, it has been speculated if the underlying mechanism is the same as for solar flares, which are caused by magnetic reconnection in the solar corona.

The mass loading required in this model can be achieved through interaction with the interstellar medium (ISM), the sputtering of the dwarf atmosphere by auroral currents, a volcanically active orbiting planet or magnetic reconnection in the photosphere.

Cluster has provided the first 3D observation of magnetic reconnection in space — a phenomenon that reconfigures the magnetic field and releases high amounts of energy.

Daniel Graham at IRF has recently published a detailed study of this asymmetrical magnetic reconnection in Physical review Review Letters 112, 215004 (2014).

Not exact matches

In this region, which the scientists call the «merging point,» the presence of cold, dense plasma slows magnetic reconnection, blunting the sun's effects on Earth.

Like a stretched rubber band suddenly snapping to a new shape, magnetic reconnection also releases energy, which could actively propel ions in the Martian atmosphere down the magnetotail into space.

The team found that a process called «magnetic reconnection» must have a big role in creating the Martian magnetotail because, if reconnection were occurring, it would put the twist in the tail.

According to the new work, Mars» magnetotail is formed when magnetic fields carried by the solar wind join with the magnetic fields embedded in the Martian surface in a process called magnetic reconnection.

If the solar wind field happens to be oriented in the opposite direction to a field in the Martian surface, the two fields join together in magnetic reconnection.

The way reconnection disturbs terrestrial power grids is complex but, in essence, the process mimics what happens in electric generators, where a fluctuating magnetic field (usually a moving magnet) produces a current in a coil of wire, says Adam Szabo, director of NASA's Heliophysics Laboratory.

According to him, some storms are most troublesome because of a process called magnetic reconnection, in which the magnetic field of the CME interacts directly with the Earth's magnetic field.

But reconnection opens rifts in Earth's magnetic defenses, allowing solar particles to pelt the planet.

The four craft of NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission fly in formation in and out of Earth's magnetosphere to probe the phenomenon of magnetic reconnection.

Magnetic reconnection, in addition to pushing around clouds of plasma, converts some magnetic energy into heat, which has an effect on just how much energy is left over to move the particles througMagnetic reconnection, in addition to pushing around clouds of plasma, converts some magnetic energy into heat, which has an effect on just how much energy is left over to move the particles througmagnetic energy into heat, which has an effect on just how much energy is left over to move the particles through space.

A recent study used observations of magnetic reconnection from NASA's ARTEMIS — Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun — to show that in the long tail of the nighttime magnetosphere, extending away from Earth and the sun, most of the energy is convertereconnection from NASA's ARTEMIS — Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun — to show that in the long tail of the nighttime magnetosphere, extending away from Earth and the sun, most of the energy is converteReconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun — to show that in the long tail of the nighttime magnetosphere, extending away from Earth and the sun, most of the energy is converted into heat.

In Earth's magnetosphere — the giant magnetic bubble surrounding our planet — these magnetic reconnections can fling charged particles toward Earth, triggering auroras.

In blowout jets, the eruption of relatively cool plasma leads to magnetic reconnection too and this in turn drives the eruption of hot plasma, so that both hot and cold material are carried into spacIn blowout jets, the eruption of relatively cool plasma leads to magnetic reconnection too and this in turn drives the eruption of hot plasma, so that both hot and cold material are carried into spacin turn drives the eruption of hot plasma, so that both hot and cold material are carried into space.

Heating of electrons parallel to the magnetic field in conjunction with magnetic reconnection is of especial interest.

«One idea is that the process of magnetic reconnection on the night side of Earth causes a build - up of «trapped» hot plasma in the higher latitude lobes.»

But sometimes, the sun's magnetic field lines can directly link up with Earth's in a process called magnetic reconnection, which opens up cracks in the magnetosphere.

Eventually a process called magnetic reconnection destabilizes the fields, resulting in the explosive release of the stored energy we see as a flare.

Due to launch in late 2014, MMS will investigate how the sun and Earth's magnetic fields connect and disconnect, explosively transferring energy from one to the other — a fundamental physical process that occurs throughout the universe, known as magnetic reconnection.

The MRX device produces laboratory studies of magnetic reconnection, the convergence and violent separation of magnetic field lines in plasma, the state of matter that consists of free electrons and atomic nuclei.

Much of what happens in those situations is related to magnetic reconnection, which can accelerate particles to high energy and is the force driving solar flares towards earth.

Magnetic reconnection, in which the magnetic field lines in plasma snap apart and violently reconnect, creates massive eruptions of plasma from Magnetic reconnection, in which the magnetic field lines in plasma snap apart and violently reconnect, creates massive eruptions of plasma from magnetic field lines in plasma snap apart and violently reconnect, creates massive eruptions of plasma from the sun.

The investigation showed that reconnection in a prototypical reconnection layer converts about 50 percent of the magnetic energy, with one - third of the conversion heating the electrons and two - thirds accelerating the ion in the plasma.

Spacecraft observing magnetic reconnection have noted a fundamental gap between most theoretical studies of the phenomenon and what happens in space.

Other projects launched during Prager's tenure include a new facility to investigate magnetic reconnection, an explosive process that is found throughout the universe; a plasma nanotechnology laboratory, and fledgling activities in mass separation using ideas from plasma physics.

The selected doctoral candidate will use a state - of - the - art fully - kinetic and massively parallel particle - in - cell code, running on European network High - Performance Supercomputers, to simulate the electromagnetic radiation caused by magnetic reconnection.

«Reconnection in such an environment of irregular magnetic fields could be thought to be sporadic, but this is not the case.

They discovered that the lobe, an area of the magnetosphere which is usually filled with cold, unenergetic, plasma, does in some cases fill up with hot plasma when magnetic reconnection occurs on the night side of the Earth, thus closing the field lines and trapping the plasma within.

In the Andean cosmo - vision, Moray is considered as a magnetic center of reconnection with Mother Earth or Pachamama.

On Earth's nightside, magnetic reconnection happens in the magnetotail, where magnetic flux tubes originally disconnected on the dayside are reconnected.