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☀️ Solar Magnetic Reconnection - 2D Current Sheet and Rates

2D companion of the solar magnetic reconnection simulation: a Harris current sheet with a growing tearing island, Alfven speed, Lundquist number, Spitzer resistivity and three reconnection rate regimes with three numerical checks.

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⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the solar magnetic reconnection simulation: a coronal current sheet tears into a magnetic island, with Alfven speed, Lundquist number, Spitzer resistivity, Sweet-Parker, plasmoid and Petschek rates and three numerical checks.

magnetic reconnectionsolar flarecurrent sheetSweet-Parkerplasma physics

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install