Studies of Solar Flares and Erupting Filaments.
Abstract
Our research on solar flares and erupting filaments lead to the development of a formula for forecasting the eruption of quiescent filaments under the circumstance of the birth of a new active region within 30 heliographic degrees of the filament. Parmeters that were studied and found not to be significantly correlated with the eruption of filaments were distance, up to 30 heliographic degress, between the new regions and the filaments, the relative orientations of the magnetic field of the new Filament length was correlated with filament eruption but was found to be a factor dependent upon the total flux of the photospheric magnetic fields related to, supporting, or containing the filaments. No evidence was found in x-ray images to either confirm or negate our hypothesis that the eruption of quiescent filaments is triggered fields adjacent to the filaments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA127032
Entities
People
- Sara F. Martin
Organizations
- California State University, Northridge