Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-01-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
28 pages, 17 figures, submitted to Astrophysical journal, figure 1 is taken from Chae, J., Wang, H. et al. 2000, ApJ, 528,L119
Scientific paper
Using recent data for the photosphere-chromosphere region of the solar atmosphere the magnetic reconnection in tripolar geometry has been investigated through the procedure of Sturrock (1999). Particular attention has been given to the width of the reconnecting region, wave number of the rapidly growing tearing mode, island length scales, frequency of MHD fluctuations, tearing mode growth rate, energy dissipation rate and minimum magnetic field strength required to heat chromospheric plasma to coronal temperatures. It is found that small length scales are formed in the upper chromosphere. The maximum growth rate of tearing mode instability coincides with the peak in the energy dissipation rate both of which occur in the upper chromosphere at the same height. It is realized that the distribution of magnetic field with height is essential for a better understanding of the coronal heating problem.
Lohani N. K.
Narain Udit
Pandey Kumud
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