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A simple self-consistent model of a high-temperature turbulent current sheet (HTCS) is considered. The anomalous character of plasma conductivity in a sheet is assumed to be due to gradient instabilities. The possibility of a low threshold of their excitation is demonstrated by an example of temperature-drift instability.
Application of the HTCS model to the ‘hot’ or ‘main’ phase of a solar flare is discussed. The model consistently explains many observed properties of this phase.
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Somov, B.V., Titov, V.S. Magnetic reconnection in a high-temperature plasma of solar flares. Sol Phys 95, 141–153 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00162642
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