Title of article
What are the bright loop-top kernels in soft X-ray flares? Original Research Article
Author/Authors
K.J.H. Phillips، نويسنده , , J. Jakimiec، نويسنده , , M. Tomczak، نويسنده , , M. Siarkowski and R. Falewicz، نويسنده , , A. Fludra، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
Pages
4
From page
1773
To page
1776
Abstract
A major puzzle in the study of solar X-ray flares is the presence of a bright, persistent ‘kernel’ at or near the tops of flaring loops in soft X-ray images from Yohkoh. Here we argue that they can be explained by a tangled magnetic field geometry with unresolved current sheets continually being formed. Hot (20 MK) plasma is formed near the current sheets and is surrounded by plasma which has cooled to ∼ 10 MK plasma so that the two temperatures appear to co-exist.
Journal title
Advances in Space Research
Serial Year
2000
Journal title
Advances in Space Research
Record number
1127226
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