Sentences with phrase «coronal magnetic reconnection»
The coronal magnetic reconnection hypothesis can explain the observations via the notion that superflares and solar flares share the same origin and that the two activity distributions therefore are within similar range, but that superflares mainly take place on stars with activity levels larger than the Sun.
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Solar flares and bigger outbursts called coronal mass ejections are also signs of magnetic reconnection, but they're not frequent enough to account for the corona's smoothness.