ON A SOLAR FLARE MODEL AND ITS LABORATORY EXPERIMENTATION.
Abstract
A theoretical model for solar flares is presented to describe the physical processes considered likely to occur in the solar atmosphere above a complex sunspot group leading to the formation and development of a solar flare. Based on the idea that the strong magnetic fields of large sunspots play the dominant role in these processes, a bipolar sunspot group is considered in some detail to show how a very strong magnetic compression can take place to accumulate enough energy to form a solar flare. Estimates of the time scales for solar plasma confinement and the containment of neutral hydrogen atoms are made to show the proposed model to be a feasible one. Physical conditions favorable to the formation of solar flares and the relationship of flares to prominences and filaments are discussed. A laboratory experiment is outlined to verify the validity of the proposed model, and to investigate, within the limitations of laboratory simulation, the physical phenomenon following the flash phase of a 'flare'. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0613636
Entities
People
- K. T. Yen
Organizations
- General Electric