Solar flares: an extremum of reconnection

Conference · Thu Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/GM030p0372· OSTI ID:5500954

Colgate, S A

Three points are emphasized: that the solar flare is that particular astrophysical phenomenon that is the extremum of reconnection, no other phenomenon demands as rapid magnetic flux annihilation as is seen in the solar flare; that plasma physics experiments can and should be performed in the laboratory that model reconnection as we observe it in astrophysics; and that stochastic field lines derived from something similar to Alfven wave turbulence are a necessary part of reconnection.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5500954
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-83-3704; CONF-8310229-2; ON: DE84004413
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 30; Conference: Chapman conference on magnetic reconnection, Los Alamos, NM, USA, 3 Oct 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
SOLAR FLARES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
LINEAR SCREW PINCH DEVICES
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
MAGNETIC FLUX
SIMULATION
LINEAR PINCH DEVICES
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PINCH DEVICES
SOLAR ACTIVITY
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
640104* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Solar Phenomena