ALFVÉN WAVE HEATING OF THE SOLAR CHROMOSPHERE: 1.5D MODELS
ALFVÉN WAVE HEATING OF THE SOLAR CHROMOSPHERE: 1.5D MODELS
ABSTRACT Physical processes that may lead to solar chromospheric heating are analyzed using high-resolution 1.5D non-ideal MHD modeling. We demonstrate that it is possible to heat the chromospheric plasma by direct resistive dissipation of high-frequency Alfvén waves through Pedersen resistivity. However, this is unlikely to be sufficient to balance radiative …