Sweeping-magnetic-twist mechanism for the acceleration of jets in the solar atmosphere
Shibata, K. and Y. Uchida, Sweeping-magnetic-twist mechanism for the acceleration of jets in the solar atmosphere, Sol. Phys., 103, 299-310 (1986) (ADS)
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Here is a nice early cartoon that hints at the content of many more
to come
over the intervening decades: a current-carrying coronal filament
interacts with a distinct open flux system, with presumably
less twist, via
magnetic reconnection.
The unrequited twist (implying a suddenly incomplete current path) then
launches a torsional Alfven wave into the coronal, entraining mass.
In this early view, the flare (indicated by two ribbons) precedes this
filament eruption.
Here is a nice early cartoon that hints at the content of many more to come over the intervening decades: a current-carrying coronal filament interacts with a distinct open flux system, with presumably less twist, via magnetic reconnection. The unrequited twist (implying a suddenly incomplete current path) then launches a torsional Alfven wave into the coronal, entraining mass. In this early view, the flare (indicated by two ribbons) precedes this filament eruption.