Multiscale kinetic modelling of large-scale magnetic reconnection and its comparison with in situ observations KU Leuven
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process, allowing for the explosive energy release of magnetic field energy into plasma kinetic energy, and is ubiquitous in nature. Although significant progress has been made over several decades, a number of outstanding questions in reconnection physics are still open. One crucial concern is how the local kinetic scale process near reconnection sites couples to the large-scale process far away ...