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Manifestation of Magnetic Reconnection in Coronal Streamer Current Sheets

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We investigate the possibility of observing the effects of magnetic reconnection inside a current sheet forming in a coronal streamer in the extended corona. In particular we study the possibility to observe with the UVCS of SOHO the excitation of the tearing instability in the current sheet.

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  1. Istituto di Fisica, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

    A. I. Verneta, E. Antonucci & D. Marocchi

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  1. Space Science Department of ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    B. Fleck

  2. Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio, Firenze, Italy

    G. Noci

  3. Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy

    G. Poletto

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Verneta, A.I., Antonucci, E., Marocchi, D. (1994). Manifestation of Magnetic Reconnection in Coronal Streamer Current Sheets. In: Fleck, B., Noci, G., Poletto, G. (eds) Mass Supply and Flows in the Solar Corona. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0930-7_51

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