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Energy release in the solar corona from spatially resolved magnetic braids

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  • J. W. Cirtain

    (Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Mail Code ZP13, MSFC, Alabama 36812, USA)

  • L. Golub

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • A. R. Winebarger

    (Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Mail Code ZP13, MSFC, Alabama 36812, USA)

  • B. De Pontieu

    (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, 3251 Hanover Street)

  • K. Kobayashi

    (Center for Space and Aeronautic Research, University of Alabama-Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama 35812, USA)

  • R. L. Moore

    (Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Mail Code ZP13, MSFC, Alabama 36812, USA)

  • R. W. Walsh

    (University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE, UK)

  • K. E. Korreck

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • M. Weber

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • P. McCauley

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • A. Title

    (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, 3251 Hanover Street)

  • S. Kuzin

    (Lebedev Physical Institute, 53 Leninski Prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russia)

  • C. E. DeForest

    (Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA)

Abstract

Solar observations at a resolution of 0.2 arc seconds show the reconnection and relaxation of magnetic braids in a coronal active region, leading to the dissipation of sufficient energy to heat the structures to about 4,000,000 K.

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  • J. W. Cirtain & L. Golub & A. R. Winebarger & B. De Pontieu & K. Kobayashi & R. L. Moore & R. W. Walsh & K. E. Korreck & M. Weber & P. McCauley & A. Title & S. Kuzin & C. E. DeForest, 2013. "Energy release in the solar corona from spatially resolved magnetic braids," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7433), pages 501-503, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7433:d:10.1038_nature11772
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11772
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