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SUMMARY:What drives the hot solar corona? - Dr. Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta - M
 ax Planck Institute for Solar System Research
DTSTART:20220207T140000Z
DTEND:20220207T150000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Yamini K Rao
DESCRIPTION:The outer atmosphere of the Sun\, the corona is comprised of t
 enuous\, highly ionized plasma\, that is governed by magnetic fields and i
 s heated to more than a million Kelvin. Such hot coronal plasma is thought
  to be powered by numerous impulsive heating events called nanoflares. Wha
 t drives these impulsive nanoflares? What role does magnetic field play in
  coronal heating? We address these long-standing questions through multi-w
 avelength observations of the Sun that span from the photosphere through t
 he corona. In this talk\, we will present new results that reveal an intri
 cate link between the impulsive coronal heating and the evolution of magne
 tic fields at the solar surface. In particular\, we will discuss the role 
 of magnetic reconnection\, a process through which magnetic energy is libe
 rated\, in the heating of the solar corona.\n
LOCATION:Online
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