3 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
Distribution of energy release events due to magnetic braiding
David I. Pontin, Klaus Galsgaard, James A. Klimchuk
Energy conversion by reconnection-powered nanoflare heating is one of the leading explanations for the heating of the solar chromosphere and corona. The aim of this paper is to she…
astro-ph.SR2025
On the stability analysis of astrophysical cooling functions
Amanda Stricklan, Tim Waters, James Klimchuk
To model the temperature evolution of optically thin astrophysical environments at MHD scales, radiative and collisional cooling rates are typically either pre-tabulated or fit int…
astro-ph.SR2024
The Onset of Magnetic Reconnection in Dynamically Evolving Current Sheets
James Leake, Lars Daldorff, James Klimchuk
We present the first results of three-dimensional (3D) numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the onset of magnetic reconnection via the tearing instability in dynamica…