Preface | |
Part I. Introduction: 1.1 The Sun E. R. Priest | |
1.2 Earth's magnetosphere J. Birn | |
Part II. Basic Theory of MHD Reconnection: 2.1 Classical theory of two-dimensional reconnection T. G. Forbes | |
2.2 Fundamental concepts G. Hornig | |
2.3 Three-dimensional reconnection in the absence of magnetic null points G. Hornig | |
2.4 Three-dimensional reconnection at magnetic null points D. Pontin | |
2.5 Three-dimensional flux tube reconnection M. Linton | |
Part III. Basic Theory of Collisionless Reconnection: 3.1 Fundamentals of collisionless reconnection J. Drake | |
3.2 Diffusion region physics M. Hesse | |
3.3 Onset of magnetic reconnection P. Pritchett | |
3.4 Hall-MHD reconnection A. Bhattacharjee and J. Dorelli | |
3.5 Role of current-aligned instabilities J. Bü | |
chner and W. Daughton | |
3.6 Nonthermal particle acceleration M. Hoshino | |
Part IV. Reconnection in the Magnetosphere: 4.1 Reconnection at the magnetopause: concepts and models J. G. Dorelli and A. Bhattacharjee | |
4.2 Observations of magnetopause reconnection K.-H. Trattner | |
4.3 On the stability of the magnetotail K. Schindler | |
4.4 Simulations of reconnection in the magnetotail J. Birn | |
4.5 Observations of tail reconnection W. Baumjohann and R. Nakamura | |
4.6 Remote sensing of reconnection M. Freeman | |
Part V. Reconnection in the Sun's Atmosphere: 5.1 Coronal heating E. R. Priest | |
5.2 Separator reconnection D. Longcope | |
5.3 Pinching of coronal fields V. Titov | |
5.4 Numerical experiments on coronal heating K. Galsgaard | |
5.5 Solar flares K. Kusano | |
5.6 Particle acceleration in flares: theory T. Neukirch | |
5.7 Fast particles in flares: observations L. Fletcher | |
6. Open problems J. Birn and E. R. Priest | |
Bibliography | |
Index. |
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