Large-scale coronal heating by the small-scale magnetic field of the Sun
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Magnetic fields are important in heating the outer atmospheres of the Sun and Sun-like stars, but the way in which magnetic energy in the photosphere is converted to thermal energy in the corona is still unclear. The rate of emergence of the small bipolar regions are determined and it is argued that the frequent magnetic reconnections linked to the regions heat the solar atmosphere.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Counter-streaming gas flows in solar prominences as evidence for vertical magnetic fields
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Direct measurements of prominence magnetic fields have conflicted with observations of vertical flows. Motions in the filament at the Big Bear Solar Observatory were observed, and time lapse images were recorded concurrently in the Halpha red and blue sides. Mass motions to and from the observer were revealed, and transverse motions in the plane of the sky were seen.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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