Plasma threads in the sun’s atmosphere play an important role. The sun’s atmosphere consists of various components, one of which is plasma threads. These plasma threads can carry out movements that affect the earth.
The distance of the sun is relatively close from the earth. So that it can make it easier to make observations about the movement of plasma. The boiling plasma moves up and down on the sun’s surface.
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Hot Gas Flares of Plasma in the Sun’s Atmosphere
The plasma thread is the outermost layer of the sun which is an important part of the mechanism. The sun’s outer layer can generate solar storms that eventually affect the earth.
Scientists have dedicated themselves to observing the movement and temperature of boiling plasma on the Earth’s surface.
An astrophotographer from Argentina, Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau managed to capture the blazing plasma threads. Plasma threads blaze in the sun’s atmosphere as high as 100,000 above the sun’s surface.
Solar plasma is hot gas that flows up and down the surface of the sun.
So hot, it can make atoms break into smaller parts such as ions and electrons. Seen bursts of plasma threads have a height of about 8 times the size of the earth. Hundreds of plasma threads have spread through the sun’s atmosphere.
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Known as the Polar Crown Prominence (PCP)
This phenomenon of plasma bursts on the sun is known as the polar crown prominence. PCP occurs near the sun’s magnetic poles between 60 and 70 degrees North and South.
These events often cause it to collapse back on the sun because the magnetic field near the poles is stronger.
The term plasma waterfall has also become popular because the sun’s plasma bursts out at a certain height. The plasma burst cooled down and then fell back down.
Spilling and Falling Plasma Does Not Free Fall
Researchers have straightened out the plasma that has spurted out and it’s not actually free-falling. The plasma is contained in a magnetic field that initially spews it out.
However, the plasma still moves downward at speeds of up to 36,000 km per hour. The speed is much faster than the magnetic field. So far, researchers are still trying to find out how this happened.
PCP during its eruption experienced two phases, namely the slow phase when the plasma slowly shot up. The second phase is the fast phase when the plasma accelerates towards the peak altitude.
It is possible that the two phases also affect how the plasma falls back to the surface.
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But so far it still requires more research to confirm it. A solar physicist often studies the bulges on the sun.
This is because it can participate in large magnetic plasma bursts or coronal mass ejections. These magnetic plasma bursts can hit Earth and completely detach from the sun.
However, the PCP is also of interest to nuclear physicists, because in the sun’s magnetic field it is adept at holding up polar loops of plasma. Plasma threads in the sun’s atmosphere are an important part that can affect the earth. (R10/HR-Online)
This post was last modified on Maret 18, 2023 4:42 PM
