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Yeah. It's exciting when you don't find plasma on the sun like in the chromosphere. Between the photosphere and corona there's a shift from thermal energy drivi
by superkuh 7y ago
Yeah. It's exciting when you don't find plasma on the sun like in the chromosphere. Between the photosphere and corona there's a shift from thermal energy driving plasma motions to a domain where magnetic energy defines plasma motions. The chromosphere sits smack in the middle of it, a high energy gradient but sometimes there are actual molecules of gas found in the spectral lines. Like, not fully ionized, held together, relatively cool molecules.
That's some exotic matter.