Pengfei Chen

Prof. Dr. Pengfei Chen

Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 January 2011 in Living Reviews in Solar Physics
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Pengfei ChenPengfei Chen
Pengfei Chen

10 December 2000 in The Astrophysical Journal
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KSK. Shibata
K. Shibata

10 June 2002 in The Astrophysical Journal
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Pengfei Chen
SWS. T. Wu
S. T. Wu
KSK. Shibata
K. Shibata
CFC. Fang
C. Fang

1 April 2005 in The Astrophysical Journal
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Pengfei Chen
CFC. Fang
C. Fang
KSK. Shibata
K. Shibata

10 October 2018 in The Astrophysical Journal
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XCX. Cheng
X. Cheng
YLY. Li
Y. Li
LWL. F. Wan
L. F. Wan
MDM. D. Ding
M. D. Ding
Pengfei ChenPengfei Chen
Pengfei Chen
JLJiajia Liu
Jiajia Liu
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process in various astrophysical, space, and laboratory environments. Many pieces of evidence for magnetic reconnection have been uncovered. However, its specific processes that could be fragmented and turbulent have been short of direct observational evidence. Here, we present observations of a super-hot current sheet during the SOL2017-09-10T X8.2-class solar flare that display the fragmented and turbulent nature of magnetic reconnection. As bilateral plasmas converge toward the current sheet, significant plasma heating and nonthermal motions are detected therein. Two oppositely directed outflow jets are intermittently expelled out of the fragmenting current sheet, whose intensity shows a power-law distribution in the spatial frequency domain. The intensity and velocity of the sunward outflow jets also display a power-law distribution in the temporal frequency domain. The length-to-width ratio of current sheet is estimated to be larger than the theoretical threshold and thus ensures its occurrence. The observations therefore suggest that fragmented and turbulent magnetic reconnection occurs in the long stretching current sheet.

26 July 2011 in The Astrophysical Journal
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CXC. Xia
C. Xia
Pengfei ChenPengfei Chen
Pengfei Chen
RKR. Keppens
R. Keppens
AMA. J. van Marle
A. J. van Marle