Research
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3D MHD simulations reveal how turbulence and complex magnetic fields accelerate cosmic rays in colliding-wind binaries, highlighting processes beyond classical shock acceleration.
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Extending classical tearing theory to gyrotropic MHD, this study shows how pressure anisotropy influences instability growth rates and magnetic reconnection in weakly collisional plasmas.
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A new study investigates how accreted matter forms magnetic mountains on white dwarfs, deforming their magnetic fields and potentially burying much of their original magnetic flux.
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Even a weak magnetic field crossing a current sheet can drive its evolution, broaden the reconnecting layer, and strongly suppress tearing instability, challenging a key assumption of classical reconnection theory.