A Ribbon-Separation Test of the Reconnection Inflow Rate in Solar Flares

This paper examines a Ribbon-Separation Test of the Reconnection Inflow Rate in Solar Flares using representative published values, with every headline quantity evaluated numerically in an accompanying calculation script. The principal findings are that ribbon separation speed km s = 20, chromospheric field G = 500, and coronal field G = 100. The analysis states its assumptions explicitly, tests how the conclusions move when the inputs vary across their published ranges, and identifies the measurement that would most improve each estimate. The results are presented as scales, ratios and bounds, as appropriate to each quantity, rather than as precise predictions for individual events.