Coronal Loops

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2270d&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2270. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Sun, Solar Atmosphere

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Large volumes of the solar CORONA are seen to contain long curved features stretching upwards from the CHROMOSPHERE. Many arch back to the chromosphere, forming a closed loop within the corona. These structures, whether closed or not, are known as coronal loops. The geometry of these loops is determined by that of the solar magnetic field which pervades the corona. Nearly all coronal loops contai...

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