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CMPD Research in Magnetic Reconnection

Despite recent progress on magnetic reconnection and associated phenomena, the resolution of key issues is being inhibited by the absence of a coordinated theoretical/computational/experimental effort, the lack of data to benchmark theoretical predictions and the lack of computational tools to address the multiscale aspects of reconnection in real physical systems. The Center on Multiscale Plasma Dynamics is bringing together a critical mass of leading scientists in applied mathematics, theory and computation, and basic and fusion experiments to resolve these issues and create an environment in which it will be possible to make significant headway on the reconnection problem and fusion-relevant applications. The attack on the problem is multi-dimensional: addressing both broadly important science issues as well as fundamental and yet practical fusion topics, sawteeth and the neoclassical tearing mode. Focal topics are as follows:


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