Small-scale activity and coronal heating

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Jun 1992

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Annales Geophysicae (ISSN 0992-7689), vol. 10, no. 6, June 1992, p. 324-332.

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Atmospheric Heating, Magnetic Effects, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Corona, Current Sheets, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Photosphere

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It is generally accepted that the corona is heated magnetically, with the energy source being photospheric motions. Only slow footpoint motions are considered. These cause the coronal field to evolve quasi-statically, building up free magnetic energy which can dissipate as heat. The dissipation requires small-scale processes such as reconnection in thin current sheets. Three theories are considered: the question of current sheet formation is discussed; (2) an approach to quantifying heating rates, using driven relaxation theory, is described; and (3) recent developments invoking turbulent cascades are outlined.

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