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We comment on the recent paper by Dwivedi and Pandey (Solar Physics 216, 59, 2003). Parts of that paper closely reproduce, without reference, material that we had published previously, while other parts that deviate from our earlier analysis contain several critical flaws. We show that magnetoacoustic waves are capable of heating the corona with a modest enhancement in the coefficient of compressive viscosity.
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Klimchuk, J., Porter, L. & Sturrock, P. Comments on ‘Possible Role of MHD Waves in Heating the Solar Corona’ by Dwivedi and Pandey. Solar Physics 221, 47–49 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SOLA.0000033362.92358.57
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SOLA.0000033362.92358.57