2016Astronomy and AstrophysicsOpen access

Miniature loops in the solar corona

Krzysztof Barczyński, H. Peter, Sabrina Savage

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Context. Magnetic loops filled with hot plasma are the main building blocks of the solar corona. Usually they have lengths of the order of the barometric scale height in the corona that is 50 Mm.

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Context. Magnetic loops filled with hot plasma are the main building blocks of the solar corona. Usually they have lengths of the order of the barometric scale height in the corona that is 50 Mm.

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Context. Magnetic loops filled with hot plasma are the main building blocks of the solar corona. Usually they have lengths of the order of the barometric scale height in the corona that is 50 Mm.

Key concepts: Magnetogram, Physics, Corona (planetary geology), Photosphere, Chromosphere, Coronal loop, Astrophysics, Nanoflares

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