What mechanisms power the heating of the solar atmosphere is a long-standing, complex question. Satellite and sounding-rocket observations, coupled with computer simulations, now support the idea that dissipation of electrical currents causes strong heating in the brightest parts of the solar chromosphere and corona.
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This is a summary of: Bose, S. et al. Chromospheric and coronal heating in an active region plage by dissipation of currents from braiding. Nat. Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02241-8 (2024).
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High-resolution observations and numerical simulations provide insight into solar atmospheric heating. Nat Astron (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02242-7
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