A model of solar flares based on arcade field reconnection and merging of magnetic islands

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2330-2336

  Choe, G S ^a   Cheng, C Z ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SHEETS; FAST RECONNECTION; HARD X-RAY EMISSION; IMPULSIVE PHASE; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MAGNETIC ISLAND FORMATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; RECONNECTION RATE; RESISTIVE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR FLARE; X-RAY EMITTING PLASMAS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MERGING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 2542592655     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1435565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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