Series of high-frequency slowly drifting structures mapping the flare magnetic field reconnection

Karlický, M., Series of high-frequency slowly drifting structures mapping the flare magnetic field reconnection, A&A, 417, 325-332 (2004) (ADS)

The cartoon

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If you enjoy reconnection, why not help yourself to some more? This cartoon attempts to incorporate decimetric radio observations of "Drifting Pulsating Structures" (DPS) into a generalization of the CSHKP standard model. Multiple islands in the erupting plasmoid are envisioned, and these entrain particles accelerated by the reconnnection process itself.

Date: 2005 January 01

Update: 2019 November 24