On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/90 > > > > It is now universally accepted that the reservoir of energy stored in the > sun’s atmospheric magnetic field is what heats the localized plasma in the > corona. In simplified terms, the field is generated in the solar interior as > a result of large-scale rotational and convective motions of the charged > plasma, which serve to produce a strong magnetic field some below the solar > surface. At this depth, the field is in the form of a concentrated tube that > encircles the sun, but as it makes its way to the surface, it can emerge as > a pair, or group, of sunspots connected by arches of magnetic field that > extend hundreds of thousands of kilometers into the solar atmosphere. >
The next paragraph says "What is not known, and remains under considerable debate even now, is how the energy stored in the magnetic fields is converted into heating the corona [4]" In other words what is "universally" accepte" is the hope that it can explained by magnetic fields by members of this "universal" club. Harry
