Model of Reconnection of Weakly Stochastic Magnetic Field and its Implications

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We discuss the model of magnetic field reconnection in the presence of turbulence introduced by us approximately ten years ago.

• The model does not require any plasma effects to be involved in order to make the reconnection fast.
• In fact, it shows that the degree of magnetic field stochasticity controls the reconnection.
• The turbulence in the model is assumed to be subAlfvenic, with the magnetic field only slightly perturbed.