Dr Peter Wyper's Outputs (2)

The Effect of Reconnection on the Structure of the Sun's Open-Closed Flux Boundary (2015)
Journal Article
Pontin, D., & Wyper, P. (2015). The Effect of Reconnection on the Structure of the Sun's Open-Closed Flux Boundary. Astrophysical Journal, 805(1), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/805/1/39

Global magnetic field extrapolations are now revealing the huge complexity of the Sun's corona, and in particular the structure of the boundary between open and closed magnetic flux. Moreover, recent developments indicate that magnetic reconnection i... Read More about The Effect of Reconnection on the Structure of the Sun's Open-Closed Flux Boundary.

Quantifying three dimensional reconnection in fragmented current layers (2015)
Journal Article
Wyper, P., & Hesse, M. (2015). Quantifying three dimensional reconnection in fragmented current layers. Physics of Plasmas, 22(4), Article 042117. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918335

There is growing evidence that when magnetic reconnection occurs in high Lundquist number plasmas such as in the Solar Corona or the Earth's Magnetosphere it does so within a fragmented, rather than a smooth current layer. Within the extent of these... Read More about Quantifying three dimensional reconnection in fragmented current layers.