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A 2D numerical study of explosive events in the solar atmosphere

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Two-dimensional (2D) compressible magnetohydrodynamic simulations are performed to explore the idea that the asymmetric reconnection between newly emerging intranetwork magnetic field flux and pre-existing network flux causes the explosive events in the solar atmosphere. The dependence of the reconnection rate as a function of time on the density and temperature of the emerging flux are investigated. For a Lundquist number of L u= 5000 we find that the tearing mode instability can lead to the formation and growth of small magnetic islands. Depending on the temperature and density ratio of the emerging plasma, the magnetic island can be lifted upward and convected out of the top boundary, or is suppressed downward and convected out of the top boundary, or is suppressed downward nad submerged below the bottom boundary. The motions of the magnetic islands with different direction are accompanied respectively with upward or downward high velocity flow which might be associated with the red- and blue-shifted components detected in the explosive events.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, D-37191, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

    S.-P. Jin

  2. Department of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

    S.-P. Jin

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, D-37191, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

    B. Inhester & D. Innes

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Jin, SP., Inhester, B. & Innes, D. A 2D numerical study of explosive events in the solar atmosphere. Sol Phys 168, 279–295 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00148056

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