Tag Archives: Plasma physics

How a simple magnetic field configuration could trigger solar eruptions

The reconnection of single-looped field lines in the Sun’s corona can create tension forces strong enough to hurl material into space, according to a new simulation. Continue reading →

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Balding Black Holes Lose Their Magnetic Hair

First-principles plasma simulations show that black holes can’t keep their magnetic fields. Read more in APS Physics… Continue reading →

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Satellites reveal the microphysics of magnetic reconnection

Laminar electron dynamics drive reconnection on the side of Earth away from the Sun. Continue reading →

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