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Heat Transport Problem in Solar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2012

M. Faurobert ,
C. Fang ,
T. Corbard ,
A.V. Oreshina  and
B.V. Somov
A.V. Oreshina
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia. e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
B.V. Somov
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia. e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Abstract

We develop mathematical models describing plasma heating in the corona by heat fluxes from a super-hot (T \hbox{$ \stackrel{>}{_\sim}}T~>108 108 K) reconnecting current layer in solar flares. The effect of collisional relaxation is shown to be important in these conditions. Taking this effect into account, we have computed the electron-temperature distributions in the vicinity of the current layer, differential and integral emission measures of the heated plasma, the intensities of spectral lines Fe XXVI (1.78 and 1.51 Å) and Ni XXVII (1.59 Å). The theoretical results are compared with observations.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 55: 4th French-Chinese Meeting on Solar Physics - Understanding Solar Activity: Advances and Challenges , 2012 , pp. 267 - 269
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2012

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