Reconnection and Waves: A Review with a Perspective

• Published in: Space science reviews Vol. 160; no. 1-4; pp. 123 - 143
• Main Authors: Fujimoto, M., Shinohara, I., Kojima, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Computational fluid dynamics; Frequency ranges; Horizon; Laminar; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Planetology; Plasma; Space Exploration and Astronautics; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics; Three dimensional models; Turbulence; Two dimensional; Japan; Electron dynamics in reconnection; X-line interaction with the surrounding environment; Electron-ion coupling in reconnection
• ISSN: 0038-6308; 1572-9672
• DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9807-7

This review is intended to help prepare a new stage of wave studies in the context of magnetic reconnection. Various results that have accumulated would not let the two-dimensional, steady and laminar magnetic reconnection to remain as the standard model. Emphasis on three-dimensional, temporally varying, and turbulent effects is growing and this fact tells that the effects of waves in various frequency ranges deserve further attention in the context of magnetic reconnection. In this review, by setting a perspective, selected recent topics are reviewed and the ways in which these can be viewed as the stepping stones towards a new research horizon of magnetic reconnection are discussed.