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Observational Tests of a Double Loop Model for Solar Flares

S J HardyResearch Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;D. B. MelroseResearch Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;H. S. HudsonISAS, 3–1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229, Japan;

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Abstract

Abstract A model for the energetics of solar flares, developed by Melrose (1997), is based on magnetic reconnection between two current-carrying magnetic loops. A detailed numerical investigation of the model has been made to identify those configurations that lead to energy release in a flare. Our results predict a strong relation between the ratio of currents in the interacting loops for a favoured flare configuration, and provide further support for a proposed method of generating long loops connecting different active regions. Both of these predictions are amenable to observational verification.

Topics

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

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DOI: 10.1071/as98318

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