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14. The neutral point theory of solar flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

P. A. Sweet
P. A. Sweet*
Affiliation:
University of London Observatory, England

Abstract

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It is shown that under certain conditions hydrostatic equilibrium becomes unstable in a conducting medium in the presence of a magnetic field containing a neutral point if the gas pressure is less than a limiting value.

The motion resulting from breakdown of hydrostatic equilibrium in the solar chromosphere above complex sunspot groups could produce solar flares and cosmic ray particles.

Type
Part II: Solar Electrodynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 6: Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics , 1958 , pp. 123 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958 

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