2014/04/15 by Clifford Chafin, Chafin, Clifford
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1404.3923
arxiv created 2014/04/15 · openalex publication_date 2014/04/15 · arxiv updated 2014/04/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this short note, we discuss a mechanism for the transport of energy, momentum and dipole moment via transient neutral carriers in plasma. This gives a way to rapidly convert bulk hydrodynamic flow energy into thermal energy over a distance of several mean free paths. In the transition region of the solar corona we estimate various processes and their potential to introduce the high energies needed to to reach the 2 x106K observed there. It implies that kinetic methods may be essential for modeling the corona and that there are more gentle but still robust means than reconnection to relax magnetic fields in plasmas.