Eine Theorie der solaren Filamente. Mit 7 Textabbildungen

Kippenhahn, R. and A. Schlüter, Eine Theorie der solaren Filamente. Mit 7 Textabbildungen, Z. Astrophys., 43, 36 (1957) (ADS)

The cartoon

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The classical origin of the "melon-seed" model for the eruption of a solar filament (thence flares and CMEs). The cartoon shows only one of the two possible mechanisms considered in this fundamental paper. The Archivist does not really believe that anybody has actually solved this problem in a proper global treatment yet, though there are of course many claims.

Date: 2019 November 23