A current sheet traced from the Sun to interplanetary space

Author: Zhou G. P.   Xiao C. J.   Wang J. X.   Wheatland M. S.   Zhao H.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|525|issue|A156-A156

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.525, Iss.issue, 2010-12, pp. : A156-A156

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Abstract

Context. Magnetic reconnection is a central concept for understanding solar activity, including filament eruptions, flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The existence of transverse and vertical current sheets, sites where reconnection takes place in the solar atmosphere, is frequently proposed as a precondition for flare/CME models, but is rarely identified in observations.