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A new way to convert Alfven waves into heat in solar coronal holes - Intermittent magnetic levitationIn our recent analysis of Alfven wave reflection in solar coronal holes, we found evidence that coronal holes are heated by reflected Alfven waves. This result suggests that the reflection is inherent to the process that dissipates these Alfven waves into heat. We propose a novel dissipation process that is driven by the reflection, and that plausibly dominates the heating in coronal holes.
Document ID
19930026475
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Moore, R. L.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hammer, R.
(Kiepenheuer-Inst. fuer Sonnenphysik Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)
Musielak, Z. E.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, United States)
Suess, S. T.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
An, C.-H.
(Applied Research, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
September 20, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters
Volume: 397
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
93A10472
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-91-19580
Distribution Limits
Public
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