A nanoflare distribution generated by repeated relaxations triggered by kink instability

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 521, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Bareford, M R ^a   Browning, P K ^a   Van Der Linden, R A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Magnetic fields; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Plasmas; Sun: corona

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CLOSED BOUNDARY; CORONAL HEATING; CORONAL LOOPS; CRITICAL VALUE; CURRENT SHEETS; DERIVED PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY RELEASE; FIELD STRENGTHS; FINAL ENERGY; HELICITIES; INSTABILITIES; KINK INSTABILITY; KINK MODES; MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (MHD); NANOFLARES; PARAMETER SPACES; PHOTOSPHERIC MOTIONS; POWER LAW; POWER LAW INDEX; RELAXATION THEORY; RESOLVING POWER; SINGLE PARAMETER; STRAIGHT LINES; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; SUN: CORONA; THRESHOLD POINT; TWO PARAMETER;

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; GEOPHYSICS; HEATING; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; STABILITY;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 77958529092     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014067     Document Type: Article

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