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SUMMARY:Plasma heating\, particle acceleration and avalanches in magnetic 
 flux ropes in solar flares
DTSTART:20261102T161500
DTEND:20261102T171500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Philippa Browning\nThe twisted magnetic flux rope is a f
 undamental building block of magnetic fields\, storing free magnetic energ
 y. I will describe how this energy can be released\, focusing on solar fla
 res but also considering spheromaks and spherical tokamaks. Solar flares a
 re the most powerful explosions in the solar system\, and are the drivers 
 of space weather. I will describe how the ideal kink instability in a flux
  rope can trigger magnetic reconnection\, releasing magnetic energy\, heat
 ing the plasma and accelerating charged particles. I will also discuss mer
 gers\, leading to oscillatory reconnection\, and avalanches involving mult
 iple flux ropes.
LOCATION:CM 1 5 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CM%201%205
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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