Several examples of preflare changes are provided from VLA high-resolution microwave data, which show that in general the active region increases in intensity and polarization over a period of several tens of minutes prior to the onset of a flare in that region. However, this phenomenon by itself does not appear to be sufficient to trigger a flare. It is shown that at 10 min or less before flare onset something else happens, usually in the form of one of the following three features: (1) sudden change of polarization of the flaring region, (2) change of orientation of the neutral plane separating one polarity from another in a bipolar region, and (3) appearance of new sources in the immediate vicinity of some preexisting structure of the active region. All three features are consistent with the emergence of new flux, which interacts with a preexisting region to form a neutral or current sheet. The formation of the latter is ultimately responsible for triggering the onset of a flare.


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    Title :

    A high spatial resolution study of microwave flare precursors


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    1986-01-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    English


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