A unified view of coronal loop contraction and oscillation in flares

Russell, A. J. B., P. J. A. Simões, and L. Fletcher, A unified view of coronal loop contraction and oscillation in flares, A&A, 581, A8 (2015) (ADS)

The cartoon

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A nice illustration of the implosion required for flare energy release. Here the description uses the argument of force balance, rather than energy conservation, and aims at explaining flare-associated loop vibrations originally discovered by TRACE.

Date: 2019 December 09