«Solar dynamic loops reveal a simultaneous explosion and implosion, plus evidence
for magnetic reconnection.»
The simulated reconnection also supports the observations of bright flaring loops where the hyperbolic flux tube and filament met — evidence
for magnetic reconnection.
Not exact matches
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.
«We believe that this is an important piece of the puzzle
for understanding how
magnetic reconnection works, how charged particles are accelerated, and how particles from different regions can be mixed with each other,» says Daniel Graham.
Due to the huge amount of energy released in these superflares, it has been speculated if the underlying mechanism is the same as
for solar flares, which are caused by
magnetic reconnection in the solar corona.
While no complete theory yet exists to account
for the temperature of the corona, at least some of its heat is known to be due to
magnetic reconnection.
The primary physical mechanism responsible
for much of this energy, mass, and momentum flow is
magnetic reconnection, which can explosively convert
magnetic energy into kinetic energy of the magnetospheric plasma and disconnect or break parcels of
magnetic flux.