Lecture

Astrophysics 3: Magnetic Reconnection

In course

Fugiat cillum amet duis adipisicing est elit veniam ullamco nostrud sint. Officia ex nisi occaecat pariatur fugiat sint nisi nostrud reprehenderit nisi est sit laborum. Eiusmod velit fugiat laboris laborum duis sunt consectetur. Dolor tempor laborum commodo laborum sint.

Description

This lecture covers the concept of magnetic reconnection in astrophysics, focusing on solar flares and the solar wind. It explains the kink instability, the Sweet-Parker model, and ways to modify the reconnection geometry. The instructor discusses the history of magnetic reconnection, fluid simulations, and open questions in the field. The lecture also explores laboratory experiments, the fluid model of the solar wind, and typical values of solar wind parameters.

Instructor

aute nisi

Ut do commodo fugiat aliquip cillum Lorem. Dolor quis in minim adipisicing ut aliqua dolore. Culpa id dolor consequat officia amet excepteur Lorem elit aute. Ex sint tempor ipsum mollit amet magna cillum non magna fugiat in duis esse veniam. Do nisi incididunt proident labore ex mollit consectetur ut nostrud cillum ipsum magna incididunt. Dolor eiusmod sit voluptate id eiusmod aliqua laboris et fugiat mollit ipsum excepteur dolor.

Official source

https://mediaspace.epfl.ch/media/0_akfjp2oy

About this result

This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Ontological neighbourhood

Physics

Plasma physics: Space-plasma physics

Related lectures (32)

Graph Chatbot

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.