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A method of separating electric field in the flare region in the potential and vortex (induced) parts is discussed. According to the proposed model, the motion of flare ribbons from the central line of the flare region is caused by the vortex component of the coronal electric field, while the motion of bright spots within the flare region towards the central line is driven by the potential component of that field. The intensity of both the components of the flare region electric field is estimated to equal approximately 1–3 V cm−1, which provides the input of the electromagnetic energy into the active region at a rate of about 1010 erg cm−2 s−1.
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Pudovkin, M.I., Zaitseva, S.A., Shumilov, N.O. et al. Large-Scale Electric Fields in Solar Flare Regions. Solar Physics 178, 125–136 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004943102679
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