XRT Detection of Hot Plasma in Active Regions and Nanoflare Heating
Reale, F. ; Klimchuk, J. A. ; Parenti, S. ; et al. ; - ASI Sponsor
Jan - 2009
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Abstract
Nanoflares occurring in sub-resolution strands have been long invoked as strong candidates for the heating of active region (AR) coronal loops. However, the frequent occurrence of nanoflares requires the steady presence of flare-hot plasma in the active region, which has been difficult to detect so far. We report on the analysis of multi-filter Hinode/XRT observations of an active region, which may show the widespread presence of 10 MK plasma.
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