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magnetic reconnection

physical process in highly conducting plasmas in which the magnetic topology is rearranged and magnetic energy is converted to kinetic energy, thermal energy, and particle acceleration
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magnetic reconnection

Summary

magnetic reconnection is a physical process[1]. It draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (physical_process category, ranking #5 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • magnetic reconnection's video is recorded as Quad-flare.ogv[3].
  • magnetic reconnection's video is recorded as SDO Observes a Reconnection Event.ogv[4].
  • magnetic reconnection's instance of is recorded as physical process[5].
  • magnetic reconnection's Commons category is recorded as Magnetic reconnection[6].
  • magnetic reconnection's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04cwrv[7].
  • magnetic reconnection's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/magnetic-reconnection[8].
  • magnetic reconnection's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/reconnection[9].
  • magnetic reconnection's Quora topic ID is recorded as Magnetic-Reconnection[10].
  • magnetic reconnection's schematic is recorded as Reconnection.gif[11].
  • magnetic reconnection's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[12].
  • magnetic reconnection's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 36819163[13].
  • magnetic reconnection's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C36819163[14].
  • magnetic reconnection's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 104725[15].
  • magnetic reconnection's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 146998[16].

Why It Matters

magnetic reconnection draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (physical_process category, ranking #5 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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