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A cancellation nanoflare model for solar chromospheric and coronal heating

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Date
01/08/2018
Author
Priest, E. R.
Chitta, L. P.
Syntelis, P.
Keywords
Magnetohydrodynamics: MHD
Magnetic reconnection
Sun: atmosphere
Sun: chromosphere
Sun: corona
Sun: magnetic fields
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
T-NDAS
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Abstract
Nanoflare models for heating the solar corona usually assume magnetic braiding and reconnection as the source of the energy. However, recent observations at record spatial resolution from the SUNRISE balloon mission suggest that photospheric magnetic flux cancellation is much more common than previously realized. We therefore examine the possibility of three-dimensional reconnection driven by flux cancellation as a cause of chromospheric and coronal heating. In particular, we estimate how the heights and amount of energy release produced by flux cancellation depend on flux size, flux cancellation speed, and overlying field strength.
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Priest , E R , Chitta , L P & Syntelis , P 2018 , ' A cancellation nanoflare model for solar chromospheric and coronal heating ' , Astrophysical Journal Letters , vol. 862 , no. 2 , L24 . https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad4fc
Publication
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad4fc
ISSN
2041-8205
Type
Journal article
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© 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad4fc
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L.P.C. received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 707837. The German contribution to SUNRISE and its reflight was funded by the Max Planck Foundation, the Strategic Innovations Fund of the President of the Max Planck Society (MPG), DLR, and private donations by supporting members of the Max Planck Society. The Spanish contribution was funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad under Projects ESP2013-47349-C6 and ESP2014-56169-C6, partially using European FEDER funds.
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URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.08161
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15826

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