Loss of magnetic tension in pre-flare magnetic configurations

dc.contributor.author	Venkatakrishnan, P
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-15T14:57:50Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-15T14:57:50Z
dc.date.issued	1990-08
dc.identifier.citation	Solar Physics, Vol. 128, No. 2, pp. 371 - 376	en
dc.identifier.issn	0038-0938
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3629
dc.description.abstract	We demonstrate that magnetic tension vanishes at regions of large magnetic shear on the polarity inversion line. The characteristics of these tension-free fields depend on the density of the medium and, therefore, change as a consequence of instabilities which modify the density. These instabilities may possibly evolve into solar flares. We suggest this as a possible explanation for the observed occurrence of flares at locations of large magnetic shear along the polarity inversion line.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00838473	en
dc.subject	Solar Flares	en
dc.subject	Magnetic shear	en
dc.title	Loss of magnetic tension in pre-flare magnetic configurations	en
dc.type	Article	en