Guest Nitin Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The amount of energy released in large solar flares are in order of 10^32 ergs is formidable even compared to the total magnetic energy content of substantial coronal volumes.There are two estimation from where so large amount energy is coming- either that the stored free energy of most of an entire active region is liberated or that the magnetic free energy is continuously replenished from the photosphere during the flare .But is there any confirm reason from where the flares getting so much of energy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel de Bont Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 The amount of energy released during solar flares is indeed formidable, nearly impossible to get your head around as to how much energy they produce. As far as I am aware there are no solid reasons known yet as to how flares release such immense amount of energy. We know it has to do with magnetic reconnection but details as to exactly how and what drives these forces are yet to be discovered. You could say it is one of the large questions in the solar research field that has yet to be answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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