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Observation of Solar Flare Type Processes in the Laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

W. H. Bostick ,
V. Nardi ,
L. Grunberger  and
W. Prior
W. H. Bostick
Affiliation:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., U.S.A.
V. Nardi
Affiliation:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., U.S.A.
L. Grunberger
Affiliation:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., U.S.A.
W. Prior
Affiliation:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., U.S.A.

Abstract

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A filamentary magnetic structure is produced on the plasma current sheath of a coaxial accelerator operated with deuterium. Space and time analysis of X-ray, neutron and visible-light emission indicates that the magnetic energy of the filaments is transferred to the plasma during a process of decay of the filaments. X-ray photographs show very localized regions (diameter <0.5 mm) of strong emission. Some of these regions are also located where the plasma is not subject to a maximum of compression. Similar bright spots (Hβ) are observed by 5 ns image converter photographs. The detailed analytical description of the self-consistent fields is deduced. The localized regions of strong emission may well correspond with the explosive onset of an instability at a point on a filament (single filament decay) or at a point where two filaments with opposite fields coalesce with magnetic field annihilation. The similarities with solar flares are considered.

Information

Type
Part V: Theories of Small Scale Magnetic Fields
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 43: Solar Magnetic Fields , 1971 , pp. 512 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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