Fundamentals of impulsive energy release in the corona
Abstract
It is essential that there be coordinated and co-optimized observations in X-rays, gamma-rays, and EUV during the peak of solar cycle 26 (~2036) to significantly advance our understanding of impulsive energy release in the corona. The open questions include: What are the physical origins of space-weather events? How are particles accelerated at the Sun? How is impulsively released energy transported throughout the solar atmosphere? How is the solar corona heated? Many of the processes involved in triggering, driving, and sustaining solar eruptive events -- including magnetic reconnection, particle acceleration, plasma heating, and energy transport in magnetized plasmas -- also play important roles in phenomena throughout the Universe. This set of observations can be achieved through a single flagship mission or, with foreplanning, through a combination of major missions (e.g., the previously proposed FIERCE mission concept).
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@article{arxiv.2306.11777,
title = {Fundamentals of impulsive energy release in the corona},
author = {Albert Y. Shih and Lindsay Glesener and Säm Krucker and Silvina Guidoni and Steven Christe and Katharine K. Reeves and Szymon Gburek and Amir Caspi and Meriem Alaoui and Joel Allred and Marina Battaglia and Wayne Baumgartner and Brian Dennis and James Drake and Keith Goetz and Leon Golub and Iain Hannah and Laura Hayes and Gordon Holman and Andrew Inglis and Jack Ireland and Graham Kerr and James Klimchuk and David McKenzie and Christopher S. Moore and Sophie Musset and Jeffrey Reep and Daniel Ryan and Pascal Saint-Hilaire and Sabrina Savage and Daniel B. Seaton and Marek Stęślicki and Thomas N. Woods},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.11777},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
White paper submitted to the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033; 5 pages, 1 figure