Nanoflares
Sign in to savethumb|A close-up of one of the loop brightenings. The frame on the far right is the most zoomed in, showing the putative nanoflare. thumb|"This false-color temperature map shows solar active region AR10923, observed close to center of the sun's disk. Blue regions indicate plasma near 10 million degrees K." Credit: Reale, et al. (2009), NASA.
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- Nanoflares and coronal activity
- Nanoflares and coronal heating
- See also
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thumb|A close-up of one of the loop brightenings. The frame on the far right is the most zoomed in, showing the putative nanoflare. thumb|"This false-color temperature map shows solar active region AR10923, observed close to center of the sun's disk. Blue regions indicate plasma near 10 million degrees K." Credit: Reale, et al. (2009), NASA.
A nanoflare is a very small episodic heating event which could be prolific in the corona, the external atmosphere of the Sun. These would blend together to give the appearance of continuous heating.
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