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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Magnetic reconnection: where are we and where are we going?\, 
 Physics Department Colloquium\, Michael Hesse\, University of Bergen\,
  Norway
DESCRIPTION:Magnetic reconnection is the engine behind the often-explo
 sive conversion of magnetic energy to the energy of particles. Due to 
 this conversion as well as its plasma transport properties\, it powers
  solar eruptions\, magnetospheric substorms and storms and the aurora.
  Further away\, in astrophysical systems\, it is believed to be tied t
 o gamma ray bursts\, accretion disks\, and other energy release proces
 ses\, while it can cause violent disruptions in fusion machines. Due t
 o the extremely small scale size of its central diffusion region\, the
  basic mechanisms behind reconnection have been elusive for many decad
 es. Courtesy of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission this has ch
 anged in the last three years. This presentation will start with a sum
 mary of our present knowledge and present an outlook to open science q
 uestions and applications of the new knowledge.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=5274
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