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17. Some considerations on thermal conduction and magnetic fields in prominences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

S. Rosseland ,
E. Jensen  and
E. Tandberg-Hanssen
S. Rosseland
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
E. Jensen
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
E. Tandberg-Hanssen
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

Abstract

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Prominences which extend into the million degree temperature region of the corona will, in the absence of magnetic fields, be heated up to temperatures of the same order of magnitude in the course of at most a few hours. A magnetic field of reasonable magnitude inside the prominence, will, however, be sufficient to cut down thermal conduction and turbulence to such an extent that the long life of some prominences seems understandable.

Type
Part II: Solar Electrodynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 6: Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics , 1958 , pp. 150 - 157
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958 

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