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Polymeric jets throw light on the origin and nature of the forest of solar spicules

Korsós, Marianna B.; Liu, Jiajia; Erdélyi, Robertus +4 more

Spicules are plasma jets that are observed in the dynamic interface region between the visible solar surface and the hot corona. At any given time, it is estimated that about 3 million spicules are present on the Sun. We find an intriguing parallel between the simulated spicular forest in a solar-like atmosphere and the numerous jets of polymeric …