Speaker
Fabio Reale
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Description
Photospheric motions drive the twisting and braiding of coronal magnetic field confining loop plasma. Magnetic stress eventually leads to reconnection and conversion of magnetic energy into heat through current dissipation. We model this process by fully 3D MHD loop simulations and derive observables that directly track the dissipating currents, therefore providing evidence for the structuring and timing of the energy release and constraints for the observations.
Primary authors
Dr
Antonino Petralia
(INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo)
Dr
Paolo Pagano
(University of Palermo, Italy)
Dr
Paola Testa
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Fabio Reale
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
