  The oscillatory reconnection mechanism is investigated for a parameter study
of eight orders of magnitude of resistivity, with a particular interest in the
evolution of the oscillating current density at the null point and its
associated periodicity. The resistive, nonlinear MHD simulations are solved in
2.5D for different levels of resistivity. Three methods (wavelet analysis,
Fourier transform and ANOVA) are used to investigate the effect of resistivity
versus resultant period. It is found that there is an independence between the
level of background resistivity and the period of the oscillatory reconnection
mechanism. Conversely, it is found that resistivity has a significant effect on
the maximum amplitude of the current density and the nature of its decay rate,
as well as the magnitude of ohmic heating at the null.
