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Paper: |
Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection in Coronal Mass Ejection Current Sheets |
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456, The Fifth Hinode Science Meeting |
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199 |
Authors: |
Murphy, N. A.; Miralles, M. P.; Pope, C. L.; Raymond, J. C.; Reeves, K. K.; Seaton, D. B.; Webb, D. F. |
Abstract: |
We present resistive MHD simulations of magnetic reconnection in the
context of coronal mass ejection current sheets. We hypothesize that
several commonly observed features of solar flares such as
sub-Alfvénic downflows, candle flame shaped post-flare loops, and
current sheet drifting are the result of asymmetry in the inflow
and/or outflow directions during the reconnection process. |
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