Ambipolar diffusion in the solar atmosphere |
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| Authors: | S M Chitre V Krishan |
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| Institution: | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India;Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560034, India |
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| Abstract: | The process of non-linear ambipolar diffusion in the region overlying the solar surface can be an effective mechanism for producing sharp magnetic structures and current sheets. These may be the sites responsible for the occurrence of connectivity of magnetic field lines, and the subsequent explosive input of energy for heating of some of the features in the atmosphere of the Sun.. |
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| Keywords: | diffusion Sun: atmosphere Sun: magnetic fields |
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