RSAA Colloquium: David Pontin (U.Newcastle)

Heating and dynamics of the Sun’s atmosphere

The Sun is a unique laboratory for understanding fundamental processes occurring in astrophysical plasmas. Energy transport from the solar interior to the atmosphere results in multi-million degree coronal temperatures, accelerating the solar wind out into the heliosphere. Moreover, it drives dynamic atmospheric phenomena such as flares, eruptions and jets. I will give an overview of (selected) observations and MHD modelling efforts.