AN EXPLANATION FOR THE FLARE FREQUENCY - ENERGY-DEPENDENCE

Authors
LITVINENKO YE
Citation
Ye. Litvinenko, AN EXPLANATION FOR THE FLARE FREQUENCY - ENERGY-DEPENDENCE, Solar physics, 151(1), 1994, pp. 195-198
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Solar physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00380938
Volume
151
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
195 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0938(1994)151:1<195:AEFTFF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The reconnecting current sheet model for energy accumulation and relea se during solar flares results in the flare frequency distribution tha t is a power-law function of total flare energy, with the index 7/4 fo r sufficiently large energies. The distribution is predicted to be muc h steeper in the low-energy region, implying the significance of micro - and nanoflares for coronal beating.