Hard X-Ray Intensity Distribution along H𝛼 Ribbons
Jing, Ju, Jeongwoo Lee, Chang Liu, Dale E. Gary, and Haimin Wang, Hard X-Ray Intensity Distribution along H𝛼 Ribbons, ApJ, 664, L127-L130 (2007) (ADS)
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Yet another cartoon in the CSHKP genre (could there possibly be
something to this?), but one accompanying intelligent remarks about
the role of the third dimension.
This has always been the conceptual stumbling block for the development,
since it really appears that flares begin with closed fields - essentially
unidirectional - and not with antiparallel ones.
Surprisingly, the observations leading to this cartoon were interpreted exactly
oppositely to the Archivist's intuition: the assertion is that the early
footpoints follow the 2D pattern better than the later ones.
But in any case this and much other recent work encouragingly break away from the
2D picture and its inherent flaws.
Yet another cartoon in the CSHKP genre (could there possibly be something to this?), but one accompanying intelligent remarks about the role of the third dimension. This has always been the conceptual stumbling block for the development, since it really appears that flares begin with closed fields - essentially unidirectional - and not with antiparallel ones. Surprisingly, the observations leading to this cartoon were interpreted exactly oppositely to the Archivist's intuition: the assertion is that the early footpoints follow the 2D pattern better than the later ones. But in any case this and much other recent work encouragingly break away from the 2D picture and its inherent flaws.