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2006-11-06 Science & Technology

Monster Stellar Flare on Nearby star - if it was ours we would be DEAD!

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Posted by 3dc 2006-11-06 21:20|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If the US doesn't sign Kyoto, this will happen here!

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-11-06 21:48|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-11-06 21:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Distant stars. Why do they hate us?

Posted by bunyip 2006-11-06 23:07|| 2006-11-06 23:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Scientists think that the twisting and breaking of magnetic field lines lacing through the corona generate the particle acceleration and flaring.

A stellar example what is wrong with our education... I am not sure if that is the writer's misconception or the scientists do think such... in that case they should get money back from their respective edu institutions.

There is no such a thing as magnetic field lines!
Never was and never will be. The pictures in textbooks display imaginary lines to convey the flow of electrons or ions. Magnetic field is continuous. What may twist is currents (Birkenland pairs) and their expression in plasma layers/sheaths. And that is what accelerates the particles.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-11-06 23:55|| 2006-11-06 23:55|| Front Page Top

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