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Magnetic elements are small bright spots on the solar photosphere. They exhibit magnetic fields, with B pointing either up or down, and they are apparently more or less vertical flux tubes. But how are the required electric currents generated? And why are they bright?1
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See P. Lorrain and S. Koutchmy, Two dynamical models for solar spicules, Solar Physics 165, 115–137 (1996); and P. Lorrain and S. Koutchmy, Chromospheric heating by electric currents induced by fluctuating magnetic elements, Solar Physics 178, 39–42 (1998).
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(2006). Case Study: Solar Magnetic Elements. In: Magneto-Fluid Dynamics. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-47290-4_12
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