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Intermittent heating in a model of solar coronal loops
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UNSPECIFIED (2000) Intermittent heating in a model of solar coronal loops. SOLAR PHYSICS, 197 (1). pp. 57-73. ISSN 0038-0938.
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Abstract
X-ray and EUV observations of the solar corona reveal a very complex and dynamic environment where there are many examples of structures that are believed to outline the Sun's magnetic field. In this present study, the authors investigate the temporal response of the temperature, density and pressure of a solar coronal plasma contained within a magnetic loop to an intermittent heating source generated by Ohmic dissipation. The energy input is produced by a one-dimensional MHD flare model. This model is able to reproduce some of the statistical properties derived from X-ray flare observations. In particular the heat deposition consists of both a sub-flaring background and much larger, singular dissipative events. Two different heating profiles are investigated: (a) the spatial average of the square of the current along the loop and (b) the maximum of the square of the current along the loop. For case (a), the plasma parameters appear to respond more to the global variations in the heat deposition about its average value rather than to each specific event. For case (b), the plasma quantities are more intermittent in their evolution. In both cases the density response is the least bursty signal. It is found that the time-dependent energy input can maintain the plasma at typical coronal temperatures. Implications of these results upon the latest coronal observations are discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | SOLAR PHYSICS | ||||
Publisher: | KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL | ||||
ISSN: | 0038-0938 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2000 | ||||
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Volume: | 197 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 57-73 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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