by dougettinger » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:37 pm
Chris Peterson wrote:
It's an unsolved problem. But that isn't to say there aren't good ideas on the matter. Probably most solar physicists believe the heating is produced by collapsing electric currents in the corona, those currents being induced by the Sun's magnetic field. Many also implicate various energy transport mechanisms from beneath the photosphere, such as sound or radio waves.
Why would the electric currents have to collapse ? Would not the electric currents themselves that encircle the magnetic field lines create heat due to the resistance while passing through the plasma environment ?
Doug Ettinger
Pittsburgh, PA
01/26/2011
[quote="Chris Peterson"][quote="The Code"][u]Why Is The Suns Corona Hotter Than The Sun Itself[/u]
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Why_Is_The_Suns_Corona_Hotter_Than_The_Sun_Itself.html
what is the reason? What could be the reason? [/quote]
It's an unsolved problem. But that isn't to say there aren't good ideas on the matter. Probably most solar physicists believe the heating is produced by collapsing electric currents in the corona, those currents being induced by the Sun's magnetic field. Many also implicate various energy transport mechanisms from beneath the photosphere, such as sound or radio waves.[/quote]
Why would the electric currents have to collapse ? Would not the electric currents themselves that encircle the magnetic field lines create heat due to the resistance while passing through the plasma environment ?
Doug Ettinger
Pittsburgh, PA
01/26/2011