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Title:
A dynamic model of filament eruptions and two ribbon flares
Authors:
Kuin, N. Paul M.; Martens, Piet C. H.
Affiliation:
AA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.), AB(National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.)
Publication:
In its Coronal and Prominence Plasmas p 241-248 (SEE N87-20871 13-92)
Publication Date:
12/1986
Category:
Solar Physics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
ENERGY DISTRIBUTION, FORCE DISTRIBUTION, SOLAR FLARES, SOLAR FLUX, SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELD, SOLAR PROMINENCES, ELECTRODYNAMICS, MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS, SOLAR PHYSICS
Bibliographic Code:
1986NASCP2442..241K

Abstract

Two basically different models for the filament equilibrium by Kippenhahn and Schluter (1957) and Kuperus and Raadu (1974) have appeared in the literature. A further analyses by van Tend and Kuperus (1978) added the force due to the horizontal component of the background field to the Kuperus and Raadu model. In order to obtain a better model which actually describes these phenomena, the evolution of the filament has to be considered in detail. A first attempt was recently presented by Kaastra. Kaastra did not formulate the precise energy balance equations for the problem, as is done in the present work. In the present model not only the force balance, but also the energy balance of the filament is taken into account. Thus a fully closed system of equations is obtained, that describes the evolution of the filament, first in force equilibrium during the current build-up phase, then in the non-equilibrium phase before the eruption, and the eruption itself. A neutral point appears above the photospheric surface in the non-equilibrium phase, but long before the eruption. It was found that although the filament itself may be in non-equilibrium, the evolution may still be slow up to the height where the eruption takes place. The eruption of the filament itself causes a large induced electric field at the neutral point which leads to the observed flare phenomena.
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