Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...393..396b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 393, no. 1, July 1, 1992, p. 396-408. Research supported by Smithsonian Ins
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Coronal Loops, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Solar Corona, Chromosphere, Solar Activity, Solar Magnetic Field, X Ray Imagery
Scientific paper
Based on new observations, a theoretical model of magnetic-field related heating processes in the solar corona is given. In this model, field-aligned currents are induced along coronal loops in thin current sheaths. Excitation of instabilities involving magnetic reconnection converts the energy associated with the current-related magnetic field directly into particle energy, where the heating process proceeds via short bursts corresponding to an intermittent disruption of the current sheath configuration. Because of the relatively low transverse thermal conduction, only a small fraction of the loop volume is heated to a much higher temperature than the average value. This is consistent with experimental observations of low filling factors of hot plasmas in coronal loops. Thus the model involves a repeated sequence of dynamic events taking into account the observed loop topology, the differential emission measure distribution in the 10 exp 6 - 10 exp 7 K range, the energy balance requirements in the loop, and the probable duty cycles involved in the heating processes.
Beaufume P.
Coppi Bruno
Golub Leon
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