Heating the solar corona : enhanced phase mixing and current loop coalescence

It has been known since the 1930s that the solar corona is hundreds of times hotter than the solar photosphere. Numerous theoretical models have since been proposed to explain what has become known as the coronal heating problem. These models are broadly cate- gorised as either wave heating (AC) or...

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Main Author: Smith, P. D.
Published: University of Salford 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.575045