Solar physics
Nanoflare Heating
A proposed solution to the coronal heating problem, put forward by Eugene Parker: the corona is heated by a vast number of tiny reconnection events — nanoflares — each far too small to see on its own, but collectively enough to keep the corona hot. It is one of several candidate mechanisms still being tested against observations.
Highlights
- ›Parker's idea: countless tiny reconnection events
The Sun, its layers & phenomena
Across solar physics
Knowledge connections
- Associated withThe Coronal Heating Problem
- Associated withThe Sun
- Associated withThe Solar Corona
- Associated withThe Coronal Heating Problem
- Associated withMagnetic Reconnection
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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