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Paper: XRT Detection of Hot Plasma in Active Regions and Nanoflare Heating
Volume: 415, The Second Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery-Toward Understanding
Page: 256
Authors: Reale, F.; Klimchuk, J. A.; Parenti, S.; Testa, P.
Abstract: Nanoflares occurring in sub-resolution strands have been long invoked as strong candidates for the heating of active region (AR) coronal loops. However, the frequent occurrence of nanoflares requires the steady presence of flare-hot plasma in the active region, which has been difficult to detect so far. We report on the analysis of multi-filter Hinode/XRT observations of an active region, which may show the widespread presence of 10 MK plasma.
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