Topological Dissipation

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Topological Dissipationthe Solar Corona
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Fast Dynamics
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Simulations
Klaus Galsgaard
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Imprint
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All Solved
-Maybe-

• Reconnection
• What happens?
• Speed?
• Magnetic Reynolds Number
• NOT 2D !!!
• Energy Distribution

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Another Approach

• Full Atmosphere (Aschwanden 01)
• Time Dependent (Kuperus 81)
• Correct Driving
• Minimal Assumptions

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Magnetic Field
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Active Region
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Driver
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Driver
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Heating
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Result ?

• Correct Volumetric Heating
• Correct TRACE DN counts
• Spectral Line Diagnostics

(Gudiksen Nordlund 05)
(Peter et al 05)
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Temperature
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Temperature
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Discrepancy?
Reconnection

• What can we learn
• Fundamentals about reconnection?
  
• Modeling Full Particle / Hybrid
• Observations
• Energy sensitive
• Distributed Effects

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Conclusions

• Heating Problem
• Not a Problem?
• Reconnection
• Is A Problem - at Least at high energy