S. J. Hardy , D. B. Melrose , H. S. Hudson, PASA, 15 (3), 318
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Observational Tests of a Double Loop Model for Solar Flares
S. J. Hardy 
D. B. Melrose
H. S. Hudson 
Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics,
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA
S.Hardy,D.Melrose@physics.usyd.edu.au
Solar Physics Research Corp, 4720 Calle Desecada, Tuscon, Arizona, USA 85718
hudson@iasass0.solar.isas.ac.jp
ISAS, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229, JAPAN
Abstract:
A model for the energetics of solar flares by Melrose (1997) is based on magnetic reconnection between two current carrying magnetic loops. A detailed numerical investigation of the model has been made to identify those configurations which lead to energy release in a flare. Our results predict a strong relation between the ratio of currents in the interacting loops for a favoured flare configuration, and provide further support for a proposed method of generating long loops connecting different active regions. Both of these predictions are amenable to observational verification.
Keywords: Sun: flares
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