Primary Convener:
Bayane Michotte de Welle, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Convener:
Kevin Genestreti, Southwest Research Institute
Hyunju Connor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jongsoo Yoo, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Yu Lin, Auburn University
Nehpreet Walia, University of Tokyo
Matthew Blandin, University of Iowa
Yi Qi, University of California, Los Angeles

Early Career Convener:
Steven Heuer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Chair:
Bayane Michotte de Welle, NASA GSFC 673
Kevin Genestreti, Southwest Research Institute
Steven Heuer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus
Matthew Blandin, University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Magnetic reconnection is a universal process in magnetized plasmas that drives explosive energy release, particle acceleration and often large-scale reconfiguration of the reconnecting system. Kinetic-scale processes within the reconnection diffusion regions enable the redistribution of mass and magnetic flux throughout the magnetosphere. Reconnection is a shared interest across a broad range of disciplines that advance discovery through differing but complementary datasets. Spacecraft missions such as Cluster and MMS have provided vital insights into its local-scale physics, while upcoming missions like TRACERS and SMILE promise new perspectives on the temporal and spatial variability and large-scale impacts of magnetic reconnection. Laboratory facilities also continue to shed light on the universal physics of reconnection, particularly as the community prepares for FLARE. This session invites contributions on the kinetic physics of reconnection and its meso and global scale coupling with magnetospheres.

Index Terms
2723 Magnetic reconnection
2724 Magnetopause and boundary layers
2784 Solar wind|magnetosphere interactions
7846 Plasma energization

Cross-Listed:
SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth

Suggested Itineraries:
Space Weather