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Reconnection nanojets in the solar corona
Antolin, Patrick; Pagano, Paolo; Testa, Paola +2 more
The solar corona is shaped and mysteriously heated to millions of degrees by the Sun's magnetic field. It has long been hypothesized that the heating results from a myriad of tiny magnetic energy outbursts called nanoflares, driven by the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection. Misaligned magnetic field lines can break and reconnect, produci…
The origin of reconnection-mediated transient brightenings in the solar transition region
Winebarger, Amy R.; Bahauddin, Shah Mohammad; Bradshaw, Stephen J.
The ultraviolet emission from the solar transition region is dominated by dynamic, low-lying magnetic loops. The enhanced spatial and temporal resolution of the solar observation satellite Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has made it possible to study these structures in fine detail. IRIS has observed `transient brightenings' in these …