A flare caused by interacting coronal loops

Details A flare caused by interacting coronal loops A flare caused by interacting coronal loops

Jan 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...420l..37h&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 420, no. 1, p. L37-L40

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Coronal Loops, Light (Visible Radiation), Magnetic Energy Storage, Photosphere, Shear, Solar Flares, Solar Magnetic Field, Sunspots, X Ray Astronomy, Magnetic Signatures, Radio Spectra, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Solar Maximum Mission, X Ray Imagery, X Ray Telescopes

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The observation of a flare on 1992 July 15 with the Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) on board the Yohkoh satellite shows that the energy buildup in the corona was caused by the increasing shear of the magnetic field due to the photospheric flow and that the flare occurred through the interaction of sheared coronal loops. About 24 hr before the flare, the coronal loops were only weakly sheared. After that time, a rapid spot motion with the velocity of 0.25 km/s was observed, and the coronal loops were changed to a sheared structure by this motion. Finally, a flare occurred at the intersection of the sheared loops. Such a scenario of the energy buildup and release processes has been suggested from the various indirect evidence. However, the SXT, which takes both soft X-ray and optical pictures, shows for the first time that the photospheric motion actually produces the sheared coronal loop structure. Furthermore, the observational results of the flare prove the validity of the loop-loop interaction model for flares.

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