Medical Definition of Magnetic reconnection

1. When a plasma has some resistivity, then the frozen-in flow requirement is relaxed (see frozen-in flow). In that case, the magnetic field can move through the plasma fluid on the resistive (magnetic diffusion) time scale. (Typically slow compared to magnetohydrodynamic timescales.) This allows field lines to reconnect with each other to change their topology in response to magnetic and other forces in the plasma. (see also Helicity, which is not conserved when reconnection is significant.) The predominant theory for solar flares is based on the transfer of energy from magnetic fields to plasma particles which can occur in reconnection. Reconnection can also be studied in the laboratory. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetic Reconnection

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magnetic moment
magnetic monopole
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magnetic permeability
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magnetic polarity
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magnetic probe
magnetic pumping
magnetic pyrites
magnetic quantum number
magnetic reconnection (current term)
magnetic recorder
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magnetic resonance
magnetic resonance angiography
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magnetic storm
magnetic stress tensor

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