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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 441, Issue 1, Pages 353-360Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042255
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Sun : UV radiation; Sun : magnetic fields; Sun : corona
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High time resolution Transition Region And Coronal Explorer (TRACE) 171 and 195 angstrom observations of the evolution of flare loops on 1999 March 18 have been investigated. Given the location of the magnetic loops on the northeast solar limb and the cadence of the TRACE observations (similar to 50 s), an estimation of the footpoint velocity due to ongoing reconnection was undertaken. This was achieved by calculating the velocity at which successive loops brighten in the emission lines during the postflare phase. A typical footpoint velocity of 1.5 km s(-1) +/- 0.7 km s(-1) is obtained and a reconnection rate of similar to 0.001-0.03 is determined using the method outlined in Isobe et al. (2002, ApJ, 566, 528). This value for the reconnection rate is consistent with the regime outlined by Petschek's model for magnetic reconnection.
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