Browsing by Author "McMahon, Liam"

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Steady and unsteady visco-resistive reconnection in the presence of the Hall effect

McMahon, Liam (The University of Waikato, 2021)

In this thesis we investigate the effects of viscosity and the Hall effect on magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection is a process of releasing large amounts of magnetic energy as observed in solar flares. In the first ...