NONSTATIONARY PROCESSES IN SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS. THE GENERATION OF FLARES AND HEATING OF FACULAE,

Abstract

The considerations of non-stationary processes originating in the sun's magnetic fields (flares, faculae) are considered in detail. This work is a continuation of the investigation of magnetic fields connected with flares carried out in 1958 which led to the representation of solar flares as a sort of pinch-effect originating in the neutral points of the crossed magnetic fields when the field gradient is increasing. Since that time however a considerable amount of new experimental data appeared which, on one hand, confirmed the improtant role of the changes in magnetic fields for the generation of flares but on the other, however, demanded a more precise picture of the process and the introduction of substantial corrections. The present work is dedicated to this precision and alteration of the primary picture of the sun's flare genera tion. In addition, the slow processes of heating and compression of solar plasma are considered, for apparently they are significant for explana tion of the solar faculae. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0413986

Entities

People

  • A.b. Severny
  • Alice B. Dunn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compression
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Experimental Data
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Pinch Effect
  • Precision
  • Solar Flares
  • Stationary
  • Stationary Processes

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Rocket Propulsion.