The reason for magnetospheric substorms and solar flares

It has been proposed that magnetospheric substorms and solar flares are a result of the same mechanism. It is suggested that this mechanism is connected with the escape, or attempted escape, of energized plasma from a region of closed magnetic field lines bounded by a magnetic bottle. In the case of...

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Published in:Solar physics 1983-10, Vol.88 (1-2), p.329-336
Main Author: Heikkila, W. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomy
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Flares, bursts, and related phenomena
Solar Physics
Solar system
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Summary:It has been proposed that magnetospheric substorms and solar flares are a result of the same mechanism. It is suggested that this mechanism is connected with the escape, or attempted escape, of energized plasma from a region of closed magnetic field lines bounded by a magnetic bottle. In the case of the earth, it must be plasma that is able to maintain a discrete auroral arc, and it is proposed that the cross-tail current connected to the arc is filamentary in nature to provide the field-aligned current sheet above the arc.
ISSN:0038-0938
1573-093X
DOI:10.1007/BF00196196