Coalescence of magnetic flux ropes in the ion diffusion region of magnetic reconnection
Wang, Shui; Huang, Can; Guo, Fan; Nakamura, Rumi; Lu, Quanming; Wang, Rongsheng; Lu, San; Wu, Mingyu; Du, Aimin; Teh, Waileong
China, Austria, United States, Malaysia
Abstract
Merging magnetic flux ropes, which are believed to play an important role in magnetic reconnection, have now been clearly identified. Observations show that coalescence is indeed closely related to reconnection dynamics and also to turbulence.