Preface 1. Introduction 2. Current-sheet formation 3. Magnetic annihilation 4. Steady reconnection: the classical solutions 5. Steady reconnection: new generation of fast regimes 6. Unsteady reconnection: the tearing mode 7. Unsteady reconnection: other approaches 8. Reconnection in three dimensions 9. Laboratory applications 10. Magnetospheric applications 11. Solar applications 12. Astrophysical applications 13. Particle acceleration References Appendices Index.
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