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arxiv: 2605.18946 · v1 · pith:BPPVPRDDnew · submitted 2026-05-18 · ⚛️ physics.plasm-ph · astro-ph.HE· physics.flu-dyn

Magnetic Prandtl number dependence of plasmoid-mediated reconnection

Vinay Kumar , Axel Brandenburg This is my paper

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classification ⚛️ physics.plasm-ph astro-ph.HEphysics.flu-dyn
keywords plasmoid-mediated reconnectionmagnetic Prandtl numberMHD simulationscoalescing magnetic islandsSweet-Parker regimecurrent sheet instabilityreconnection rate
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In plasmoid-mediated magnetic reconnection the rate becomes nearly independent of the magnetic Prandtl number once the current sheet breaks into interacting plasmoids.

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The paper uses two-dimensional MHD simulations of two coalescing magnetic islands to track how the reconnection rate changes with the magnetic Prandtl number. At low Lundquist numbers the current sheet follows the classic Sweet-Parker regime and the rate falls as the Prandtl number rises. Once the sheet exceeds the plasmoid instability threshold, multiple plasmoids form, interact, and merge, and the reconnection rate levels off to a value that stays roughly constant across the explored range of Prandtl numbers. The largest rates appear during the strongly nonlinear phases of plasmoid mergers rather than during the initial linear growth. The authors contrast these results with earlier boundary-driven simulations that showed stronger Prandtl dependence and suggest the difference arises from the way the current sheet is sustained.

Core claim

In the fully plasmoid-mediated regime the reconnection rate remains nearly independent of the magnetic Prandtl number over the explored parameter range, whereas it decreases with increasing Prandtl number in the Sweet-Parker regime below the plasmoid instability threshold. The highest rates are tied to nonlinear plasmoid interactions and mergers. The two-dimensional coalescing-island configuration yields weaker Prandtl dependence than the boundary-driven Taylor problem, possibly because the former allows a freely evolving current sheet.

What carries the argument

The plasmoid instability that fragments the current sheet into multiple magnetic islands whose subsequent interactions and mergers sustain fast reconnection.

If this is right

  • Reconnection-mediated decay in magnetically dominated turbulence should proceed at rates that do not require fine-tuning of the magnetic Prandtl number.
  • Astrophysical systems with high Lundquist numbers can be modeled with a single, Prandtl-independent reconnection speed once plasmoids dominate.
  • The choice of setup (free coalescing islands versus continuously driven boundaries) affects the apparent Prandtl scaling and must be considered when comparing simulations to observations.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If similar plasmoid-mediated independence appears in three-dimensional simulations, global models of magnetized turbulence could drop explicit Prandtl dependence in the reconnection term.
  • The result suggests that observed rapid energy release in solar corona or accretion disks need not be explained by special values of viscosity or resistivity.
  • Extending the same diagnostic to runs that vary the Lundquist number at fixed high Prandtl number would test whether the plateau persists into even more extreme regimes.

Load-bearing premise

The two-dimensional coalescing-island geometry produces current-sheet and plasmoid dynamics that are representative of reconnection in three-dimensional astrophysical plasmas.

What would settle it

A clear decrease in reconnection rate with rising magnetic Prandtl number measured inside a fully developed, plasmoid-unstable current sheet would contradict the reported independence.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.18946 by Axel Brandenburg, Vinay Kumar.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: The initial configuration showing the two coalescing islands. The colour map [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: The scaling of the reconnection rate vs Lundquist number, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Scaling of the reconnection rate with the magnetic Prandtl number for the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Time evolution of the magnetic flux and the corresponding reconnection rate for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Time evolution of the magnetic flux Φisland (top left panel), and the corresponding reconnection rate, Vrec (bottom left panel), for the S = 5×105 , P rM = 40 run in the plasmoid-unstable regime. The vertical dashed lines mark the three times at which contours of the vector potential Az are shown in the right-hand panels. These snapshots correspond to distinct phases of the reconnection dynamics: a period … view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Time evolution of the reconnection rate for the two Taylor-problem simulations, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Density isocontours overlaid with magnetic field streamlines for the pressure [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Comparison between the full equilibrium (left) and pressure-equilibrium-only [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Comparison between reconnection rates with different initial density [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_9.png] view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Comparison between the diagnostic quantity used by us and by VKDL26. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_10.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

We investigate the dependence of the plasmoid-mediated magnetic reconnection rate on the magnetic Prandtl number using two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of two coalescing magnetic islands. For Lundquist numbers below the onset of the plasmoid instability, the reconnection rate follows the expected Sweet-Parker scaling and decreases with increasing magnetic Prandtl number. However, once the current sheet becomes plasmoid unstable, the dependence on the magnetic Prandtl number weakens considerably. In the fully plasmoid-mediated regime, we find reconnection rates that remain nearly independent of the magnetic Prandtl number over the explored parameter range. We show that the largest reconnection rates are associated with strongly non-linear phases involving plasmoid interactions and mergers. We further compare our results with simulations of the boundary-driven Taylor problem, where previous studies reported a stronger magnetic Prandtl number dependence, and provide a possible explanation for the differing scalings obtained in the two setups. These results may have implications for reconnection-mediated decay in magnetically dominated turbulence and related astrophysical systems.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper uses two-dimensional MHD simulations of coalescing magnetic islands to study the dependence of the plasmoid-mediated reconnection rate on the magnetic Prandtl number Pm at varying Lundquist numbers. Below the plasmoid instability threshold the rate follows Sweet-Parker scaling and decreases with Pm; once the sheet is fully plasmoid-unstable the rate becomes nearly independent of Pm over the explored range, with the largest values occurring during nonlinear plasmoid interactions and mergers. The authors also compare results to the boundary-driven Taylor problem and offer an explanation for the different Pm scalings obtained in the two setups.

Significance. If the numerical trends are robust, the work shows that plasmoid-mediated reconnection in 2D is largely insensitive to Pm once the instability is fully developed. This has potential implications for modeling reconnection-mediated decay in magnetically dominated turbulence and related astrophysical systems. The study is strengthened by its systematic parameter exploration and by the explicit identification of nonlinear phases as the source of the highest rates.

major comments (1)
  1. [§3.3] §3.3: The central claim of near Pm-independence in the fully plasmoid-mediated regime is supported by time-averaged reconnection-rate measurements, but the manuscript does not report grid-resolution convergence tests at the highest Lundquist numbers; without these it remains possible that numerical dissipation influences the reported independence.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Figure 4] Figure 4: the shaded intervals marking the nonlinear plasmoid-interaction phase are not defined in the caption; please add a brief description of how these intervals are chosen.
  2. [§5] §5: The qualitative discussion of why the coalescing-island setup yields weaker Pm dependence than the Taylor problem would be strengthened by a quantitative comparison of average current-sheet aspect ratios or plasmoid statistics between the two configurations.
  3. [§6] The astrophysical implications paragraph assumes that 2D plasmoid dynamics remain representative; a short caveat noting that 3D effects (oblique tearing, helical instabilities) are outside the present scope would clarify the reach of the conclusions.
  4. [Methods] Methods section: the precise numerical values of the Lundquist-number and Pm ranges, together with the definition of the reconnection rate (e.g., dΨ/dt normalized by what), should be stated explicitly rather than left to the figures.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the positive assessment of its potential implications. We address the major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [§3.3] §3.3: The central claim of near Pm-independence in the fully plasmoid-mediated regime is supported by time-averaged reconnection-rate measurements, but the manuscript does not report grid-resolution convergence tests at the highest Lundquist numbers; without these it remains possible that numerical dissipation influences the reported independence.

    Authors: We agree that explicit convergence tests strengthen the central claim. Although the original manuscript did not include a dedicated report of grid-resolution studies at the highest Lundquist numbers, the simulations were performed at resolutions chosen to adequately resolve the current-sheet thickness and plasmoid formation across the explored parameter space. To address the referee's concern, we have carried out additional runs at doubled resolution for the largest S values and across the Pm range. These tests show that the time-averaged reconnection rates and the near-independence on Pm remain unchanged within the reported uncertainties. We will add a brief description of these convergence checks, together with supporting figures, to the revised manuscript (most likely in §3 or a short appendix). revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: results are direct numerical measurements

full rationale

The paper reports outcomes from direct numerical simulations of the 2D MHD equations in a coalescing-island geometry. Reconnection rates are extracted from the time evolution of the magnetic flux and current-sheet dynamics rather than obtained by fitting a parameter to a subset of the same data and then relabeling the fit as a prediction. No derivation chain exists that reduces the reported Pm-independence to an input definition, self-citation, or ansatz smuggled from prior work by the same authors. External comparisons to the Taylor problem are presented as contrasts with previous studies and do not serve as load-bearing justification for the central numerical finding.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The study relies on the standard incompressible MHD equations and the assumption that two-dimensional geometry captures the essential plasmoid dynamics; no new free parameters or invented entities are introduced beyond the usual numerical choices of Lundquist and Prandtl numbers.

free parameters (2)
  • Lundquist number
    Chosen to straddle the plasmoid-instability threshold; values are not specified in the abstract.
  • Magnetic Prandtl number
    The parameter being varied; range explored is not given in the abstract.
axioms (2)
  • standard math The incompressible MHD equations govern the evolution of the magnetic field and velocity.
    Implicit in any MHD simulation of reconnection.
  • domain assumption Two-dimensional geometry is sufficient to capture the plasmoid-mediated reconnection rate.
    The entire study is performed in 2D; the abstract does not discuss 3D effects.

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