Rethinking the solar flare paradigm

D B MELROSE

doi:10.1088/2058-6272/aab966

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D B MELROSE. Rethinking the solar flare paradigm[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2018, 20(7): 74003-074003. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aab966

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D B MELROSE. Rethinking the solar flare paradigm[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2018, 20(7): 74003-074003. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aab966

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D B MELROSE. Rethinking the solar flare paradigm[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2018, 20(7): 74003-074003. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aab966

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Rethinking the solar flare paradigm

D B MELROSE

SIfA, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

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Received Date: December 14, 2017

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It is widely accepted that solar flares involve release of magnetic energy stored in the solar corona above an active region, but existing models do not include the explicitly time-dependent electrodynamics needed to describe such energy release. A flare paradigm is discussed that includes the electromotive force (EMF) as the driver of the flare, and the flare-associated current that links different regions where magnetic reconnection, electron acceleration, the acceleration of mass motions and current closure occur. The EMF becomes localized across regions where energy conversion occurs, and is involved in energy propagation between these regions.
- solar flares,
- electrodynamics,
- time-dependence

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