Solar coronal heating by high-frequency dispersive Alfven waves

Authors
Shukla, PK Bingham, R McKenzie, JF Axford, WI
Citation
Pk. Shukla et al., Solar coronal heating by high-frequency dispersive Alfven waves, SOLAR PHYS, 186(1), 1999, pp. 61-66
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
SOLAR PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00380938 → ACNP
Volume
186
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
61 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0938(199905)186:1<61:SCHBHD>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
It is shown that high-frequency dispersive kinetic Alfven waves can cause s ignificant electron heating in the solar corona. The heating is produced by collisionless electron Landau dissipation of the parallel electron current associated with high-frequency dispersive kinetic Alfven waves, which have a parallel electric field.