Basic magnetic configuration and energy supply processes for an interacting flux model of eruptive solar flares

E. R. Priest*

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Abstract

A review is given of our current understanding of: The basic magnetic configuration of a flare, including loop and arcade structures, prominence models and interactions of separate flux systems; the process of preflare energy storage in excess of potential due to photospheric motions; the conditions for flare occurrence, including shear in the corona and complexity and the roles of spot motions, flux cancellation and prominences; theories for eruption by magnetic nonequilibrium. In the course of this, the elements of a new Interacting Flux Model for flares are outlined.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Physics
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media
Pages1-20
Number of pages20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1992

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Physics
Volume399
ISSN (Print)0075-8450
ISSN (Electronic)1616-6361

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