Heating mechanisms of the solar corona

The solar corona is a tenuous outer atmosphere of the Sun. Its million-degree temperature was discovered spectroscopically in the 1940s, but its origin has been debated since then without complete convergence. Currently there are two classes of models; the wave theory and the microflare/nanoflare th...

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Autor principal: SAKURAI, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Academy 2017
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5422629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28190871
http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.93.006
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description The solar corona is a tenuous outer atmosphere of the Sun. Its million-degree temperature was discovered spectroscopically in the 1940s, but its origin has been debated since then without complete convergence. Currently there are two classes of models; the wave theory and the microflare/nanoflare theory. Both models have merits and disadvantages, but the essential issues are nearly pinned down. Recent revival of the wave theory is one of the many contributions from Japanese solar observing satellite Hinode launched in 2006.
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spelling pubmed-54226292017-07-18 Heating mechanisms of the solar corona SAKURAI, Takashi Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci Review The solar corona is a tenuous outer atmosphere of the Sun. Its million-degree temperature was discovered spectroscopically in the 1940s, but its origin has been debated since then without complete convergence. Currently there are two classes of models; the wave theory and the microflare/nanoflare theory. Both models have merits and disadvantages, but the essential issues are nearly pinned down. Recent revival of the wave theory is one of the many contributions from Japanese solar observing satellite Hinode launched in 2006. The Japan Academy 2017-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5422629/ /pubmed/28190871 http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.93.006 Text en © 2017 The Japan Academy This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5422629/
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