Coronal Heating
Abstract
The prospects for observational tests of coronal heating theories are examined. Three heating mechanisms (Alfvén waves, D.C. electric currents, and MHD turbulence) are reviewed from this point of view. Some suggestions are offered for future tests but none, so far, would give unambiguous critical results.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00675534
- Bibcode:
- 1993SoPh..148...43Z
- Keywords:
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- Direct Current;
- Heating;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Waves;
- Photosphere;
- Solar Corona;
- Stellar Models;
- Convective Flow;
- Current Sheets;
- Field Aligned Currents;
- Magnetic Field Reconnection;
- Magnetic Relaxation;
- Plasma Density;
- Plasma Temperature;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Physics;
- Electric Current;
- Critical Result;
- Future Test;
- Coronal Heating;
- Heating Mechanism