Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003apj...596.1341c&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 596, Issue 2, pp. 1341-1346.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Methods: Numerical, Magnetohydrodynamics: Mhd, Sun: Coronal Mass Ejections (Cmes), Sun: Flares
Scientific paper
A physical mechanism of flares has emerged from our 2.5-dimensional resistive MHD simulations of the dynamical evolution of current sheet formation and magnetic reconnection and flux rope acceleration subject to the continuous, slow increase of magnetic shear in the arcade. With anomalous nonuniform resistivity in the current sheet the simulation results relate the flux rope's accelerated rising motion with an enhanced magnetic reconnection rate and thus an enhanced reconnection electric field in the current sheet during the flare rise phase. The simulation results provide good quantitative agreement with observations of the acceleration of flux ropes, which are manifested in the form of ejected soft X-ray plasmas, erupting filaments, or CMEs. For the X-class flare events studied in this paper the peak reconnection electric field is ~O(103Vm-1) or larger, enough to accelerate electrons to over 100 keV in a field-aligned distance of 0.1 km and produce impulsive hard X-ray emission observed during the flare rise phase.
Cheng C. Z.
Choe Gwang-Son
Moon Yong Jae
Ren Yan-Yu
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