Energy conversion of the flare due to direct electric fields from the sheared reconnection

Hirayama, T., Energy conversion of the flare due to direct electric fields from the sheared reconnection, Advances in Space Research, 41, 914-925 (2008) (ADS)

The cartoon

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Fully a third of a century after his first and highly influential cartoon here Hirayama presents another weighty entry that struggles to bring more plasma physics into the picture. The Archivist firmly believes that charge separation is a good thing to think about, but (judging by the lack of any ADS citations to this paper) few others agree.

Date: 2008 July 29

Update: 2019 November 23