
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hardy, SJ 
A1  - Hudson, HS 
A1  - Melrose, DB 
T1  - Observational Tests of a Double Loop Model for Solar Flares
JF  - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
JO  - Publ. Astron. Soc.  Aust.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 318
EP  - 324
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AS98318 
N2  - A model for the energetics of solar flares, developed by Melrose (1997), is based on magnetic reconnection between two current-carrying magnetic loops. A detailed numerical investigation of the model has been made to identify those configurations that lead to energy release in a flare. Our results predict a strong relation between the ratio of currents in the interacting loops for a favoured flare configuration, and provide further support for a proposed method of generating long loops connecting different active regions. Both of these predictions are amenable to observational verification. 
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