Relaxation of magnetic field relative to plasma density during solar flares
Abstract
We investigated the variations of 74 microwave ZP structures observed by Chinese Solar Broadband Radio Spectrometer at 2.6-3.8 GHz in 9 solar flares, found that the ratio between the plasma density scale height LN and the magnetic field scale height LB in emission source displays a tendency of decrease during the flaring process, indicates that LB increases faster than the LN during solar flares. The detailed analysis of the step-wise decrease of LN/LB in three typical X-class flares reveals the magnetic field relaxation relative to the plasma density.
- Publication:
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Solar and Astrophysical Dynamos and Magnetic Activity
- Pub Date:
- July 2013
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..294..589Y
- Keywords:
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- Sun: flares;
- Sun: magnetic topology;
- Sun: radio radiation