Magnetodynamic Phenomena in the Solar Atmosphere: Prototypes of Stellar Magnetic Activity

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Coronal Structures, Local and Global....Pages 3-11
Dynamical Processes in the Solar Corona....Pages 13-20
Heating Mechanisms of the Solar Corona....Pages 21-27
Solar Coronal Heating: MHD Models and Observational Signatures....Pages 29-36
Heating of Active Region Corona by Transient Brightenings (Microflares)....Pages 37-38
The Heating of Soft X-Ray Coronal Loops....Pages 39-40
Temperature Structure of Solar Active Regions....Pages 41-42
Temperature and Heating Distributions along the Steady Coronal Loops....Pages 43-44
Long Time Statistics of Magnetically Driven MHD Turbulence, Solar Flares and Coronal Heating....Pages 45-46
Mass-Flow Effects on Wave Heating by Resonant Absorption....Pages 47-48
Hα Surges and X-Ray Jets in AR7260....Pages 49-50
Surface Driven Evolution and Activity of Atmospheric Magnetic Structures....Pages 51-52
Chromospheres of Coronal Stars....Pages 55-62
Evidence of Magnetic Coronae in Other Stars....Pages 63-70
Recent VLBI Observations of Stellar Coronae....Pages 71-80
Coronal Structure in M Dwarf Stars....Pages 81-82
X-Ray and EUV Observations of Active Binary Stellar Coronae: Relationships to Solar Studies of Flare Parameters and Coronal Abundances....Pages 83-84
Element Abundances in Stellar Coronae....Pages 85-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
 Yohkoh Observations of Coronal Mass Ejections....Pages 89-96
Quiet Corona and Mass Loss....Pages 97-106
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Mechanisms of Solar (and Stellar) Mass Loss....Pages 107-114
Acceleration of the High Speed Solar Wind....Pages 115-122
Declining Phase Coronal Evolution: The Statistics of X-ray Arcades....Pages 123-124
Development of a Coronal Helmet Streamer of 24 January 1992....Pages 125-126
Observations of Solar Wind Beyond 5 R s and within 0.3 AU by Interplanetary Scintillation....Pages 127-128
HST and IUE Observations of Stellar Mass-Loss from K and Early M Evolved Stars....Pages 131-138
Prominences on Late Type Active Stars....Pages 139-146
Stellar CMES and Flare Mass Motions....Pages 147-155
X-Ray Emission from O-Stars....Pages 157-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Evidence of Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flares....Pages 161-168
Non-Thermal processes and Superhot Plasma Creation in Solar Flares....Pages 169-176
Mass Motions in Flares....Pages 177-184
Energy Build-Up Processes of Solar Flares Studied by Optical Observations....Pages 185-194
High-Quality Images Based on the Steer Algorithm Decovolution from the Correlation Data Observed with Nobeyama Radioheliograph....Pages 195-201
Loop-Top Hard X-Ray Source in Solar Flares....Pages 203-204
Radio Imaging Observation of a Solar Flare Cusp....Pages 205-206
Flares and Plasma Flow Caused by Interacting Loops....Pages 207-208
Electron Time-of-Flight Measurements....Pages 209-210
Hot and Cool Post-Flare Loops: Formation and Dynamics....Pages 211-212
Ultraviolet (1200 To 1800 Å) Emission During the Impulsive Phase of a Class 3b-X3 Solar Flare Observed with Solstice....Pages 213-214
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Optical Emission from Stellar Flares....Pages 217-225
Flares on Active Binary Systems....Pages 227-234
Stellar X-Ray Flares....Pages 235-242
Hard X-Ray Emissions from Protostar Candidates....Pages 243-246
X-Ray Flares and Variability of Young Stellar Objects....Pages 247-258
Radio Emission from Solar and Stellar Flares....Pages 259-266
Radio Evidence for Nonthermal Magnetic Activity on Main-Sequence Stars of Late Spectral Type....Pages 267-276
An Analysis of X-Ray Flares in Pleiades Stars....Pages 277-278
Simultaneous X-Ray, EUV, UV, and Radio Observation of the Corona of the RS CVN Binary HR1099....Pages 279-280
On the Origin of Intense Radio Emission from Solar and Stellar Flares....Pages 281-282
Magnetic Structures and Giant Flares in HR1099....Pages 283-284
Arcade Flare Models....Pages 287-294
Problems for Arcade and Loop Flare Models Revealed by Yohkoh ....Pages 295-302
Bifurcation and Stability of the Coronal Magnetic Field....Pages 303-304
MHD Simulations Of Coronal Current Sheet Dynamics....Pages 305-306
The Active Role and Models of Reconnecting Current Sheets in the Solar Atmosphere....Pages 307-308
The Evolution of Magnetic Arcades under Footpoint Motion....Pages 309-310
Hydrodynamic Modeling of Flares Well-Observed by Yohkoh/SXT....Pages 311-312
On Thermal Hydrodynamical Model of Solar Flares....Pages 313-314
MHD Simulation of X-Ray Jets Based on Magnetic Reconnection Model....Pages 315-316
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Energy Release in the Current-Carrying Magnetic Loops....Pages 317-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Magnetic Activity Cycle in the X-ray Coronal Structures....Pages 321-328
The Dynamics of Magnetic Flux Tubes in the Solar Convection Zone....Pages 329-336
Hot Spots for Solar Activity....Pages 337-344
Solar Dynamo Driven by Global Convection and Differential Rotation and the Magneto-Thermal Pulsation of the Sun....Pages 345-354
Formation of a Kinked Alignment of Solar Active Region....Pages 355-356
Stellar Magnetic Activity, Activity Cycles, and Dynamos....Pages 359-366
Recent Measurements of Stellar Magnetic Fields....Pages 367-374
Active Longitudes and Rotation of Active Stars....Pages 375-386
Dynamos in Different Types of Stars....Pages 387-394
Coronal Magnetic Activity in Low Mass Pre-Main Sequence Stars....Pages 395-396
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
The Sun as the Ultimate Challenge to Astrophysics: The Vital Phase of Solar Physics....Pages 399-410
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Measurement of the Coronal Electron Temperature at the Total Solar Eclipse On 3rd Nov. 1994....Pages 413-414
Results From 3 November 1994 Solar Eclipse....Pages 415-416
Interpretation of SXT Data Concerning the Diffuse Corona....Pages 417-418
Temperature Structure of the Diffuse Corona....Pages 419-420
Measurements of Active and Quiet Sun Coronal Plasma Properties with Serts EUV Spectra....Pages 421-422
Calculations of Soft X-ray Images from MHD Simulations of Heating of Coronal Loops....Pages 423-424
2D and 3D Nonlinear MHD Simulations of Coronal Loop Heating by Alfvén Waves....Pages 425-426
Generation of Linear and Nonlinear Magnetic Tube Waves in the Solar Atmosphere....Pages 427-428
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Magnetic Roots of Enhanced High Coronal Loops....Pages 429-430
Dynamic Behavior of the Coronal Streamer Belt....Pages 431-432
Minor Photospheric and Chromospheric Magnetic Activity and Related Coronal Signatures....Pages 433-434
HEI10830Å in Solar Active Regions and its Correlat with Chromospheric Lines....Pages 435-436
X-ray and Magnetic Features of H α Surges....Pages 437-438
High Resolution Observation of Solar Spicules and their Kinematic Modelling....Pages 439-440
Location of Type I Radio Continuum and Bursts on Yohkoh Soft X-ray Maps....Pages 441-442
Coronal Magnetic Fields from Polarization Observations at Microwaves....Pages 443-444
Detection of Nonthermal Radio Emission from Coronal X-ray Jets....Pages 445-447
Statistical Study of Solar X-Ray Jets Observed with the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope....Pages 449-450
Simultaneous Observation of Solar Surges in Hα and X-Ray....Pages 451-452
Statistical Studies of Solar Hα Brightening Events and Their Relation to Soft X-Ray Events....Pages 453-454
The Three-Dimensional Structures of Elementary Coronal Heating Events....Pages 455-456
Causal Relation Between Hα Arch Filament Loops and Soft X-Ray Coronal Loops....Pages 457-458
Emerging Flux, Reconnection, and XBP....Pages 459-460
Collision of Plasma Flows in a Current Loop....Pages 461-462
Oscillations in a Quiescent Solar Prominence....Pages 463-464
Non-Equilibrium Effects on the Optically Thin Radiative Loss Function....Pages 465-466
Nonlinear Dissipation of Alfvén Waves....Pages 467-468
On the Stability of Solar Photospheric Magnetic Flux Tubes....Pages 469-470
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
A General Code for Modeling MHD Flows on Parallel Computers: Versatile Advection Code....Pages 471-472
A Regridding Algorithm for High Resolution Hydrodynamics of Flaring Coronal Loops....Pages 473-474
Rotational Modulation of Hα Emission in RS CVN Systems....Pages 475-476
Radio and X-Ray Emission in Stellar Magnetic Loops....Pages 477-478
Coronal Properties of Nearby Old Disk and Halo DM Stars....Pages 479-480
Spectral and Spatial Structure of η Carinae....Pages 481-482
Comparison of High Resolution Optical and Soft X-Ray Images of Solar Corona....Pages 483-485
Large-Scale Arcade Formation on May 15, 1992 and its Interplanetary Consequence....Pages 489-490
Observations of a Quiescent Prominence Straddling the Solar Limb during the Total Eclipse of 11 July 1991....Pages 491-492
Yohkoh SXT Observations of Prominence Eruption and Disappearance....Pages 493-494
Polar X-Ray Arcade Formation and Giant Cusp....Pages 495-496
The Skew of X-Ray Coronal Loops Overlying Hα Filaments....Pages 497-498
Studies of Solar Wind Onset in Coronal Holes Planned for Soho....Pages 499-500
Low-Speed Solar Winds from Active Regions....Pages 501-502
Detection of Active Region Expansion in Interplanetary Space by Sakigake Spacecraft at 1 AU....Pages 503-504
Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Coronal Rays....Pages 505-506
Formation Of Contact Binaries Via A Magnetized Wind, A Parameter-Free Model....Pages 507-508
Formation of Reconnection-Driven Jets With Disk Accretion Onto Magnetized Young Stars....Pages 509-510
Magnetically Driven Jets From Accretion Disks: Nonsteady And Steady Solutions....Pages 511-512
Active Region Evolution and Flare Activity — A Case Study of Noaa 7260....Pages 515-516
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Relationship Between Cold And Hot Post-Flare Loops And The Impact On The Reconnection Flare Model....Pages 517-518
Pseudo-Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modeling of Flare Loops....Pages 519-520
Isolating the Footpoint Characteristics of a Solar Flare Loop....Pages 527-529
Coronal Loop Interactions Observed In Optical Emission Lines....Pages 531-532
Electric Currents, and Magnetic Shear Variations During Some Flares of M- and X-Class....Pages 533-534
Relations Between Filament Current Systems and Solar Flares....Pages 535-536
Magnetic Field Structure and Accelerated Electrons in a Gradual Microwave/Hard X-ray Flare....Pages 537-538
Hard X-ray And Microwave Observations of an Impulsive Burst on 1994 January 6....Pages 539-540
Imaging Spectra Of Hard X-Ray From The Footpoints Of Solar Impulsive Loop Flares....Pages 541-542
Nonthermal Emissions In The Hard X-Ray And Microwave Ranges From Flaring Loops....Pages 543-544
Hard and Soft X-Ray Images of an LDE Flare....Pages 545-546
Electron Acceleration Site of the 1992 Sep. 6 Flare....Pages 547-548
The Height Distribution of Hard X-Rays in Impulsive Solar Flares....Pages 549-550
A Solar Flare in the FeI 5324 Line on 24 June 1993....Pages 551-552
Are White-Light Flares Related to High-Energy Particles?....Pages 553-554
X-Ray Line Shift and Plasma Flow in Solar Flare....Pages 555-556
X-Ray Observations Of an Over-the-limb Solar Flare with Large Spectral Line Shifts....Pages 557-558
Dynamical Response of the Solar Atmosphere to Flare Heating....Pages 559-560
Effects of Non-Thermal Particles on the UV and Optical Spectra of Solar Flares....Pages 561-562
A Study of the Thermal/Nonthermal Electric Field Model Using Spectral and Spatial X-Ray Data from CGRO and Yohkoh....Pages 563-564
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Energization of the 10–100 Kev Electrons in Solar Flares by Strongly-Driven Reconnection....Pages 565-566
Observations of the Creation of Hot Plasma in Solar Flares....Pages 567-568
Discovery of Sub-Second Brightenings in Solar Flares with the Nobeyama Radioheliograph....Pages 569-570
Gamma-Ray Spectral Characteristics of Solar Flares....Pages 571-572
Downward Beaming of Accelerated Particles in the 1991 November 15 Flare....Pages 573-574
High Energy Limit of Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares....Pages 575-575
Characteristics of Stellar Flares on EV Lac from a Long-Term Photometric Program....Pages 577-578
Maximum Energy Of Force-Free Magnetic Fields....Pages 579-580
A Kinetic Model of Magnetic Field Reconnection....Pages 581-582
Computer Simulations on the Spontaneous Fast Reconnection Mechanism....Pages 583-584
Numerical Simulation of Magnetic Reconnection in Eruptive Flares....Pages 585-586
Three Dimensional Simulation Study of the Magnetohydrodynamic Relaxation Process in the Solar Corona....Pages 587-588
Computer Simulation and Visulization of Solar Flares....Pages 589-590
Pinch Processes Near the Transition Region and Electron Bombardment of the Chromosphere in the Presence of Electsric Current....Pages 591-592
Alfvén Wave Proton Injection and Acceleration in Solar Flares....Pages 593-594
3D MHD Simulation of the Dynamic Current Injection Model of Loop Flares....Pages 595-596
Nonlinear Simulation Of Tearing Instability Of A Magnetic Arcade....Pages 597-598
Formation and Emergence of Current Loops in Weakly Ionized Plasmas....Pages 599-600
Formation of Current Loops Driven By The Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability....Pages 601-602
Simulation of a Cloud-Cloud Collision in an Electron-Positron Plasma....Pages 603-604
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Cosmic Ray Chaos Requires New Physics....Pages 605-606
Solutions of the Hydromagnetic Equation with Localized and Uniform Resistivity....Pages 607-608
Large-Scale Active Coronal Phenomena in Yohkoh SXT Images....Pages 609-610
3D MHD Simulation of Magnetic Flux Tubes in Co-Rotating Coordinates....Pages 613-614
Distributions of the Magnetic Field Inclination in Sunspots....Pages 615-616
Dynamics of the Solar Granulation: Its Interaction with the Magnetic Field....Pages 617-618
A Model Of Magnetic Field On Supergranules....Pages 619-620
Solar Convection and Magneto-Convection....Pages 621-622
Triple-Dipole Model on the Large-Scale Magnetic Structure of the Sun....Pages 623-625
Solar Cycle Variation of the Rotation of the Large-Scale Magnetic Field of the Sun....Pages 627-628
Grand Minima in Solar Magnetic Activity....Pages 629-630
Spectral Imaging of AR Lac from 1981 to 1994....Pages 631-632
Two Mechanisms of a Current Sheet Creation in the Solar Corona....Pages 633-634
Back Matter....Pages 635-636