Nanoflares and nanojets and the coronal heating problem. The paper: “Reconnection Nanojets in the Solar Corona” of P. Antolin (Northumbria University) appeared on Nature Astronomy
Solar corona is the outer atmosphere of our star. Extended for several solar radii, it is made of million degrees plasma, thus being hotter than the gas in the photosphere (about 5600 degrees). Several scientist have tried understanding the mechanism responsible for the heating of coronal plasma, but it is has been an open issue for decades. The most promising
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