Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2016
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.