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Study of ribbon separation and magnetic reconnection rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2013

Wenbin Xie
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Jilin Normal University, Postbus 136000, Jilin, China email: wb_xie@bao.ac.cn National Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postbus 100012 Beijing, China email: hzhang@bao.ac.cn
Hongqi Zhang
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postbus 100012 Beijing, China email: hzhang@bao.ac.cn
Jun Lin
Affiliation:
Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postbus 650011, Yunnan, China email: jlin@ynao.ac.cn
Haimin Wang
Affiliation:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Postbus NJ07102, Newark email: haimin@flare.njit.edu
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Abstract

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We study the correlation between the speed of two-ribbon separation and the magnetic flux density during the 2001 April 10 solar flare. A weak negative correlation is found between the ribbon separation speed (Vr) and the longitudinal magnetic flux density (Bz). In addition, we estimate the magnetic reconnection rate (Erec). Along the flare ribbons, Erec fluctuates in the small range except near the HXR source. The localized enhancement of the reconnection rate corresponds to the position of the HXR source.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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