This book, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive
introduction to the theory of magnetic field line reconnection, now
a major subject in plasma physics. The book focuses on the various
reconnection mechanisms dominating magnetic processes under the
different plasma conditions encountered in astrophysical systems
and in laboratory fusion devices. The book consists of two major
parts: the first deals with the classical resistive approach, while
the second presents an overview of weakly collisional or
collisionless plasmas. Applications primarily concern astrophysical
phenomena and dynamo theory, with emphasis on the solar and
geodynamo, as well as magnetospheric substorms, the most
spectacular reconnection events in the magnetospheric plasma. The
theoretical procedures and results also apply directly to
reconnection processes in laboratory plasmas, in particular the
sawtooth phenomenon in tokamaks. The book will be of value to
graduate students and researchers interested in magnetic processes
both in astrophysical and laboratory plasma physics.
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