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Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsh11a0706b&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SH11A-0706
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7509 Corona, 7546 Transition Region, 7807 Charged Particle Motion And Acceleration, 7827 Kinetic And Mhd Theory
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We present here a model that not only explains the long-standing mystery of why solar coronal flux tubes tend towards having axially in-variant cross-sections but also explains several other enigmatic features, namely: rotating jets emanating from the ends (surges), counter-streaming beams, ingestion of photospheric material, and elevated pressure/temperature compared to adjacent plasma. The model shows that when a steady current flows along a flux tube with a bulging middle (i.e., a flux tube that is initially produced by a potential magnetic field), non-conservative forces develop which accelerate fluid axially from both ends towards the middle. Remarkably, this axial pumping of fluid into the flux tube causes the flux tube cross-section and volume to decrease in a manner such that the flux tube develops an axial uniform cross-section as observed in coronal loops. The pumping process produces counter-rotating, counter-streaming Alfvenic bulk motion consistent with observations. Collision of the counter-streaming beams causes non-localized bulk heating. This picture also has relevance to astrophysical jets and coaxial spheromak guns and explains why these systems tend to form an axial jet along the geometric axis. Supported by USDOE. [1]J. A. Klimchuk, Solar Phys. 193, 53 (2000)
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