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Alfvénic Fronts and the turning-off of the Energy Release in Solar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

M. S. Wheatland  and
D. B. Melrose
M. S. Wheatland
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006
D. B. Melrose
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006
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Abstract

The effect of impulsively turning off the dissipation in an existing model for energy propagation through Alfvénic fronts into the coronal site of energy release in a solar flare is examined. In the optimum case of impedance matching, the flux tube re-stresses on a much longer timescale than it relaxes, suggesting an explanation for the timescales observed in homologous flares.

Type
Solar and Solar System
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , April 1994 , pp. 25 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1994

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