Session 31. Magnetic Reconnection and Prominence Formation

Oral, Monday, May 31, 1999, 2:00-3:30pm, Continental Ballroom A

31.01 Formation of Prominence Magnetic Field Structures

C. Z. Cheng, G. S. Choe (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

31.02 The Structure of Solar Prominences

S. K. Antiochos, C. R. DeVore, J. A. Klimchuk (NRL)

31.03 New 3-D magnetic model for prominences based on dipped \\field lines and compared with observations

G. Aulanier (NRL), P. Demoulin (DASOP, Observatoire de Meudon)

31.04 Recent Results from Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX) at PPPL

M. Yamada, H. Ji (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton U.)

31.05 The Pressure Limitations on Flux Pile-Up Magnetic Reconnection

Y. E. Litvinenko (University of NH)

31.06 Generation and Merging of Magnetic Islands Associated With Homologous Flares

G.S. Choe, C.Z. Cheng (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

31.07 Quadrupolar Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flares

M.J. Aschwanden (Lockheed-Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab.), T. Kosugi (Inst. of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan), Y. Hanaoka (Nobeyama Radio Obs., Japan), M. Nishio (Dept. of Physics, Kagoshima University, Japan), D.B. Melrose (School of Physics, U. Sydney, Australia)

31.08 Shear-driven Reconnection in Chromospheric Eruptions: 3D Numerical Simulations

J. T. Karpen, C. R. DeVore, S. K. Antiochos (NRL)

31.09 Flare Loop Geometry

N Nitta (Lockheed Martin Solar \& Astrophysics Laboratory)