Magnetic Energy Powers the Corona: How We Can Understand its 3D Storage & Release
Abstract
The coronal magnetic field is the prime driver behind many as-yet unsolved mysteries: solar eruptions, coronal heating, and the solar wind, to name a few. It is, however, still poorly observed and understood. We highlight key questions related to magnetic energy storage, release, and transport in the solar corona, and their relationship to these important problems. We advocate for new and multi-point co-optimized measurements, sensitive to magnetic field and other plasma parameters, spanning from optical to -ray wavelengths, to bring closure to these long-standing and fundamental questions. We discuss how our approach can fully describe the 3D magnetic field, embedded plasma, particle energization, and their joint evolution to achieve these objectives.
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@article{arxiv.2305.17146,
title = {Magnetic Energy Powers the Corona: How We Can Understand its 3D Storage & Release},
author = {Amir Caspi and Daniel B. Seaton and Roberto Casini and Cooper Downs and Sarah E. Gibson and Holly Gilbert and Lindsay Glesener and Silvina E. Guidoni and J. Marcus Hughes and David McKenzie and Joseph Plowman and Katharine K. Reeves and Pascal Saint-Hilaire and Albert Y. Shih and Matthew J. West},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.17146},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
White paper submitted to the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033; 16 pages, 3 figures