MHD turbulence and heating of the open field-line solar corona

• Published in: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
• Main Authors: Matthaeus, William H., Mullan, D. J., Dmitruk, Pablo, Milano, L. J., Oughton, Sean
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geoscience Union 2003
• Subjects: magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Norway; Tromso
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8627; https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-10-93-2003

This paper discusses the possibility that heating of the solar corona in open field-line regions emanating from coronal holes is due to a nonlinear cascade, driven by low-frequency or quasi-static magnetohydrodynamic fluctuations. Reflection from coronal inhomogeneities plays an important role in su...