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Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in plasma physics: when magnetic field lines of opposite direction approach each other, they reconnect and change their topological structure, rapidly converting magnetic energy into plasma kinetic energy and thermal energy, and it is considered the energy release mechanism for phenomena such as solar flares, Earth's magnetospheric substorms, and sawtooth oscillations in tokamak devices.
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