Alternate Definitions for Magnetic Reconnection

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Term: Magnetic Reconnection
Definition:

The source of many of the energetic events on the sun and in the magnetosphere, from solar flares and coronal mass ejections to the aurora. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic field lines cross,ak apart, and then reconnect in a new alignment, rebounding explosively into new positions, providing huge amounts of energy.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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