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| Paper: |
Distribution of Nanoflares as Spatially Resolved Current Sheets in the Solar Corona |
| Volume: |
484, Outstanding Problems in Heliophysics: From Coronal Heating to the Edge of the Heliosphere |
| Page: |
162 |
| Authors: |
Ng, C. S.; Lin, L. |
| Abstract: |
In a recent numerical study [Ng et al., Astrophys. J. 747, 109, 2012],
based on a three-dimensional model of coronal heating using reduced magnetohydrodynamics,
we have obtained scaling results of heating rate versus Lundquist number S
based on a series of runs in which random photospheric motions are imposed for hundreds to thousands of Alfvén time
in order to obtain converged statistical values.
The heating rate found in these simulations saturates to a level that is independent of S
in the high S limit and is consistent with the required level for coronal heating.
In a previous study based on the total heating rate time series
[Ng and Lin, AIP Conf. Proc. 1500, 38, 2012] in these simulations,
we have also calculated heating events distributions,
which are consistent with observations but do not support the nanoflares scenario
[Parker, Astrophys. J. 330, 474, 1988].
This method has a limitation of not distinguishing individual heating events.
We now extend this analysis to investigate the distribution of energy release events
defined as spatially resolved current sheets [Lin et el., ASP Conf. Ser. 474, 159, 2013].
We report preliminary results and compare to results obtained using only time-series analysis. |
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