Longcope, D. W., and E. J. Noonan, "Self-organized Criticality from Separator Reconnection in Solar Flares," The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 542, Issue 2, pp. 1088-1099

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This is a different kind of cartoon, all right. The paper has lots of interesting ideas and is a good read. Can magnetic reconnection find happiness with an aging sandpile?

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