Chromospheric Magnetic Reconnection

Jongchul Chae

There has been increasing observational evidence that magnetic reconnection often occurs in the low atmosphere of the sun. I will give a review of recent observational results on canceling magnetic features in the photosphere and jet-like events in the chromosphere. Then I will discuss the expected physical properties of magnetic reconnection occurring in the photosphere and chromosphere based on an adiabatic current sheet model of Sweet-Parker type.

Correspondence

Jonchul Chae (chae@astro.snu.ac.kr), Institute: Seoul National University, Astronomy Program/SEES

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