Acceleration of Energetic Particles through Reconnection of Weakly Stochastic Magnetic Field

Astrophysical media are turbulent and therefore reconnection should be treated in the presence of pre-existing turbulence. We consider the model of fast magnetic reconnection in Lazarian and Vishniac (Astrophys J 517:700–718, 1999) which predicts that the rate of reconnection is controlled by the intensity and the injection scale of turbulent motions. We provide new evidence of successful testing of the model and argue that the model presents a …