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Return Current Instability in Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2017

D. Cromwell,
P. McQuillan and
J.C. Brown
D. Cromwell
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, G12 8QW, U.K.
P. McQuillan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, G12 8QW, U.K.
J.C. Brown
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, G12 8QW, U.K.

Abstract

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We consider the problem of ion-acoustic wave generation, and resultant anomalous Joule heating, by a return current driven unstable by a small-area thick-target electron beam in solar flares. We find that, contrary to the usual assumption, the hard X-ray bremsstrahlung emission may actually be enhanced in comparison to conventional thick-target models. This present paper is a summary of the work of Cromwell, McQuillan and Brown (1988).

Information

Type
Session III: Theory
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 104 , Issue 2: Solar and Stellar Flares , 1989, pp. 313 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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