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Why is the Sun's corona so hot? Views from SOHO, Yohkoh and solar eclipses
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/42/2/304
Bibcode: 2000PPCF...42..113P
Phillips, Kenneth J. H.
It has been known for over 50 years that the outer atmosphere of the Sun, the so-called corona, has a temperature of 106 K (~0.1 keV) yet the exact reasons for this are still being debated. The magnetic field that pervades the corona is certainly the source of the heating, but the question is whether the field energy is dissipated via n…
2000
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Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
SOHO
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