# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q287506](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287506)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_reconnection)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/magnetic-reconnection


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)