Published March 2015
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Journal article
A theory of heating of quiet solar corona
- 1. Insitute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
- 2. Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Zhongli 32001, Taiwan (China)
- 3. CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (China)
- 4. School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi 446-701 (Korea, Republic of)
- 5. Collaborative Innovation Center of Astronautical Science and Technology, Harbin 150001 (China)
Description
A theory is proposed to discuss the creation of hot solar corona. We pay special attention to the transition region and the low corona, and consider that the sun is quiet. The proposed scenario suggests that the protons are heated by intrinsic Alfvénic turbulence, while the ambient electrons are heated by the hot protons via collisions. The theory contains two prime components: the generation of the Alfvénic fluctuations by the heavy minor ions in the transition region and second, the explanation of the temperature profile in the low solar atmosphere. The proposed heating process operates continuously in time and globally in space
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4913579;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics of Plasmas
- Journal Volume
- 22
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 032901-032901.10
- ISSN
- 1070-664X
- CODEN
- PHPAEN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46114084
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALFVEN WAVES; COLLISIONS; ELECTRONS; HEATING; HEAVY IONS; PROTONS; SOLAR CORONA; SPACE DEPENDENCE; TIME DEPENDENCE; TURBULENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- ATMOSPHERES; BARYONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONS; LEPTONS; NUCLEONS; SOLAR ATMOSPHERE; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; STELLAR CORONAE
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