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An Energy Storage Mechanism for A Solar Flare by Shearing the Magnetic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Xinping Liu*
Affiliation:
Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Abstract

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The complete set of MHD equations is solved by numerical calculation. The aim is to study the energy storage mechanism of a solar flare by shearing the magnetic field. Results show that the magnetic energy is stored in local regions and is large enough to explain a big solar flare.

Type
Joint Commission Meetings
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986

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