Thermal Trigger for Solar Flares I: Fragmentation of the Preflare Current Layer
Leonid Ledentsov
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsInstabilityMagnetohydrodynamicsSolar flareMagnetohydrodynamic drivePlasmaMagnetic fieldMechanicsRadiative coolingRadiative transferThermalComputational physicsMagnetic reconnectionCoronal loopNanoflaresMagnetic energyKink instabilitySolar windTwo-stream instabilityCorona (planetary geology)AstrophysicsHeat fluxPhotosphereClassical mechanicsRadiative fluxFlareSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsFluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies