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Unneutralised Currents in Solar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. B. Melrose
D. B. Melrose*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
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Abstract

Observations of the vector magnetic field imply that there is a net current flowing through the corona, and there is also evidence that this current is directly related to flares. It is argued that if the currents are unneutralised, then this requires a radical rethinking of several widely accepted ideas on solar magnetic fields and their role in solar flares.

Type
Solar & Solar System
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 326 - 327
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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