We develop and discuss the properties of a new class of lattice-based avalanche models of solar flares. These models are readily amenable to a relatively unambiguous physical interpretation in terms of slow twisting of a coronal loop. They share similarities with other avalanche models, such as the classical stick--slip self-organized critical model of earthquakes, in that they are driven globally by a fully deterministic energy loading process. The model design leads to a systematic deficit of small scale avalanches. In some portions of model space, mid-size and large avalanching behavior is scale-free, being characterized by event size distributions that have the form of power-laws with index values, which, in some parameter regimes, compare favorably to those inferred from solar EUV and X-ray flare data. For models using conservative or near-conservative redistribution rules, a population of large, quasiperiodic avalanches can also appear. Although without direct counterparts in the observational global statistics of flare energy release, this latter behavior may be relevant to recurrent flaring in individual coronal loops. This class of models could provide a basis for the prediction of large solar flares.
A magnetic avalanche as the central engine powering a solar flare
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung(马克斯·普朗克太阳系研究所);School of Information and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle(纽卡斯尔大学信息与物理科学学院);School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews(圣安德鲁斯大学数学与统计学院);Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence, Solar Influences Data analysis Centre, Royal Observatory of Belgium(比利时皇家天文台太阳影响数据中心卓越太阳- terrestrial中心);Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University(莫斯科国立大学斯科别尔辛核物理研究所);Space Sciences Laboratory University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校空间科学实验室);University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland(瑞士西北应用科学与艺术大学)
Spectral performance of single-channel plastic and GAGG scintillator bars of the CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP)
INAF-IAPS(意大利国家天体物理研究所-空间天文与太阳物理学研究所);University of Rome "Tor Vergata"(罗马第二大学);"Roma Tre" University(罗马第三大学);INAF-OAS Bologna(意大利国家天体物理研究所-博洛尼亚天文台);INFN Sezione di Bologna(意大利国家核物理研究所-博洛尼亚分部);INAF-OAR(意大利国家天体物理研究所-阿奇亚斯科天文台);INAF-Headquarters(意大利国家天体物理研究所总部);INAF-OACT(意大利国家天体物理研究所-卡塔尼亚天文台);DEDA Connect s.r.l.(DEDA Connect有限公司);University of "La Tuscia"(拉图齐亚大学);ASI(意大利航天局);IMT s.r.l.(IMT有限公司);Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna(博洛尼亚大学);Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Aerospace Research, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna(博洛尼亚大学跨部门工业航空航天研究中心)