Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2009
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 499, Issue 1, 2009, pp.L5-L8
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Sun: Corona, Sun: Uv Radiation
Scientific paper
Context: Recent analysis of the EUV emission of the solar Active Region observed with TRACE (Sakamoto et al. 2008, ApJ, 689, 1421) revealed fluctuations which are significantly larger than the estimated photon noise and other instrumental effects. This was considered as a signature of a multiple-strand structure of coronal loops that originates from numerous sporadic coronal heating events (nanoflares). Aims: The present Letter aims to put these findings into a broader context of the nanoflare heating scenario. Methods: Simultaneous TRACE and Yohkoh/SXT observations were interpreted by using theoretical predictions of the forward modelling of the nanoflare heating. Results: It is estimated that in the coronal active region impulsive heating events have a typical energy of 1024 ~erg with the average occurrence rate of 10-17 ~events/cm2 s. These could result in the hot corona with the filling factor as large as 10%. Conclusions: It is demonstrated that analysis of small fluctuations of the coronal emission can provide a useful tool for probing the mechanism of solar coronal heating.
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