Coupling the solar surface and the corona: Coronal rotation, Alfvén wave-driven polar plumes
Coupling the solar surface and the corona: Coronal rotation, Alfvén wave-driven polar plumes
The dynamical response of the solar corona to surface and sub-surface perturbations depends on the chromospheric stratification, and specifically on how efficiently these layers reflect or transmit incoming Alfvén waves. While it would be desirable to include the chromospheric layers in the numerical simulations used to study such phenomena, that …