Plasmoid-Mediated 2D Magnetic Reconnection in Partially Ionized Plasmas

arXiv:2608.08448 · astro-ph.HE, physics.plasm-ph · Submitted 2026-08-09 · Read on arXiv

Yue Hu, Siyao Xu, Grzegorz Kowal, James M. Stone, Alex Lazarian, Hui Li

astro-ph.HE, physics.plasm-ph

Submitted: 2026-08-09

Updated: 2026-08-11

Comments: 24 pages, 16 figures, submitted to ApJ

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Decoupling — 42× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 28× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Ambipolar Diffusion — 7× in this paper
• Trace — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Ambipolar Diffusion (AD) — 1× in this paper

Sources

• AthenaK: A Performance-Portable Version of the Athena++ AMR Framework
• Transition of Magnetic Reconnection Regimes in Partially Ionized Plasmas

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