Heating the corona by nanoflares: Simulations of energy release triggered by a kink instability

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 485, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 837-848

  Browning, P K ^a   Gerrard, C ^b   Hood, A W ^b   Kevis, R ^b   Van Der Linden, R A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Plasmas; Sun: Corona; Sun: Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORECASTING; HEATING; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMA (HUMAN); STABILITY;

INITIAL EQUILIBRIUMS; LINEAR INSTABILITIES; LINEAR STABILITY THEORY; MAGNETIC FIELD PROFILE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; STORED MAGNETIC ENERGY; SUN : CORONA; SUN: MAGNETIC FIELD;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 84975784568     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079192     Document Type: Article

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