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| Paper: |
Toward a Better Standard Model for Solar Flares |
| Volume: |
454, The 3rd Hinode Science Meeting |
| Page: |
265 |
| Authors: |
Chen, P. F. |
| Abstract: |
Multiwavelength observations were pieced together to construct the
standard reconnection model for two-ribbon flares in the 1960s–1970s,
which has set up a framework for understanding the flare and the
associated mass ejections. As flares were observed with higher and
higher resolutions, accumulating new features have been revealed, which
are not expected from the standard model, such as the 3D structures, the
kinematics of the flare loop, and the dynamics of the plasma along the
flare loop. These challenging features, however, enable us to improve
the standard magnetic reconnection model, which would then become more
realistic to the solar atmosphere. In addition, the formation of the
frontal loop of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) was not well addressed in
the standard model. It has been illusive whether the frontal loop is an
erupting flux tube or plasma pileup swept by waves. Recent observations
shed crucial light on this key issue. In this review paper, I collect
the challenging features and comment on how they can be incorporated
into the standard model. |
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