Is plasmoid-mediated reconnection really important in accretion flows to drive flares in AGNs?

Giovani H. Vicentin, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, George N. Wong +4

Based on very high-resolution resistive 2D and 3D magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of current sheets, our findings suggest that the answer to this question is likely no. In…