Avalanche models for solar flares

被引：167

作者：

Charbonneau, P

McIntosh, SW

Liu, HL

Bogdan, TJ

机构：

[1] Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, High Altitude Observ, Boulder, CO 80307 USA

[2] NASA, ESA, Dept Space Sci, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

来源：

SOLAR PHYSICS | 2001年 / 203卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局; 美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1023/A:1013301521745

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

This paper is a pedagogical introduction to avalanche models of solar flares, including a comprehensive review of recent modeling efforts and directions. This class of flare model is built on a recent paradigm in statistical physics, known as self-organized criticality. The basic idea is that flares are the result of an `avalanche' of small-scale magnetic reconnection events cascading through a highly stressed coronal magnetic structure, driven to a critical state by random photospheric motions of its magnetic footpoints. Such models thus provide a natural and convenient computational framework to examine Parker's hypothesis of coronal heating by nanoflares.

引用

页码：321 / 353

页数：33

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