The reordering of field lines during magnetic reconnection plays an important part in many astrophysical and terrestrial plasma phenomena. Satellite measurements of a so-called null point during magnetic reconnection should help refine theoretical models of this process.
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Finn, J. Null point. Nature Phys 2, 445–446 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys353
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