Statistics, Morphology, and Energetics of Ellerman Bombs

Georgoulis, Manolis K., David M. Rust, Pietro N. Bernasconi, and Brigitte Schmieder, Statistics, Morphology, and Energetics of Ellerman Bombs, ApJ, 575, 506-528 (2002) (ADS)

The cartoon

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Ellerman bombs (a phenomenon rediscovered several times, most colorfully as Severny's "moustaches" [1] might not belong in a flare/CME cartoon archive. But they are certainly related, if only in that people appeal to the all-powerful magnetic reconnection as a source of cartoon descriptions. This one is from a set of three proposed by Manolis Georgoulis and collaborators.

      Note that this cartoon refers to the (lower?) chromosphere, not to the corona. That is why it seems possible to have stresses that can drive fields together and make them reconnect. See the Wedemeyer cartoon if you doubt this for a moment.


[1] Moustaches

Date: 2006 July 03

Update: 2019 November 22