Project
Summary
Study of Sheet Structures in Eruptive Solar
Flares
Observations of high-energy emission from solar
flares often reveal the presence of large sheet-like structures,
sometimes extending over a space comparable to the Sun's radius. These
sheets exist in a very important region where the magnetic field is
expected to produce large sheets of electrical current. In this
project, we will measure the physical conditions in these sheets to
understand how the conditions control the magnetic reconnection and
energy release in flares.