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Solar physics

the proposal that the solar corona is heated by very many small, impulsive reconnection events in braided magnetic fields, each far smaller than an observed flare.

In solar physics, nanoflare hypothesis refers to the proposal that the solar corona is heated by very many small, impulsive reconnection events in braided magnetic fields, each far smaller than an observed flare. This meaning comes from Parker (1988) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Parker, E. N. (1988). Nanoflares and the solar X-ray corona. The Astrophysical Journal, 330, 474. https://doi.org/10.1086/166485

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