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Observational Evidence for Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.C. Henoux ,
P. Demoulin ,
C.H. Mandrini  and
M.G. Rovira
J.C. Henoux
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon CeédexFrance
P. Demoulin
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon CeédexFrance
C.H. Mandrini
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, IAFE-CONICET, CC.67, Suc. 28, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
M.G. Rovira
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, IAFE-CONICET, CC.67, Suc. 28, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

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From studies of the magnetic topology of flaring active regions, the separator - a region were magnetic reconnection can take place - appears to be magnetically connected to places of intense chromospheric flare brightening. This suggests that magnetic reconnection occurs in the separator region in solar flares. Observational support for magnetic reconnection releasing the energy stored in field align currents systems is presented.

Type
Session 6. Flares and Transients
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 141: The Magnetic and Velocity Fields of Solar Active Regions , 1993 , pp. 333 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1993

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