The Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Activity

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dc.creatorAntiochos, Spiro K.
dc.creatorDeVore, C. Richard
dc.date1998-09-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:27:54Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:27:54Z
dc.descriptionWe argue that magnetic reconnection plays the determining role in many of the various manifestations of solar activity. In particular, it is the trigger mechanism for the most energetic of solar events, coronal mass ejections and eruptive flares. We propose that in order to obtain explosive eruptions, magnetic reconnection in the corona must have an ``on-off'' nature, and show that reconnection in a sheared multi-polar field configuration does have this property. Numerical simulation results which support this model are presented, and implications for coronal mass ejections/eruptive flare prediction are discussed.
dc.descriptionAGU latex manuscript file, 17 pages, 2 color figures (gif files)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9809161
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9809161
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/12897
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Activity
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