Why Is The Suns Corona Hotter Than The Sun Itself

The Code · Post by **The Code** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:28 am

Why Is The Suns Corona Hotter Than The Sun Itself

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Why_I ... tself.html

what is the reason? What could be the reason?

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Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:49 am

The Code wrote:Why Is The Suns Corona Hotter Than The Sun Itself

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Why_I ... tself.html

what is the reason? What could be the reason?

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.

dougettinger · Post by **dougettinger** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:37 pm

Chris Peterson wrote:
The Code wrote:Why Is The Suns Corona Hotter Than The Sun Itself

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Why_I ... tself.html

what is the reason? What could be the reason?
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

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:45 pm

dougettinger wrote: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 ?

No, there wouldn't be nearly enough energy dissipation to provide the necessary heating.

dougettinger · Post by **dougettinger** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:43 pm

So the magnetic field lines fluctuate in strength thereby collapsing and re-collapsing the electric currents which should cause the most heat energy. Heat is produced by the transfer of charge over time through a potential difference. Is this idea correct ?

Doug Ettinger
Pittsburgh, PA

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:47 pm

http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 31&t=22513

dougettinger · Post by **dougettinger** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:57 pm

Thanks for supplying the newest references on this subject.

Doug Ettinger

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