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This article briefly overviews the physics of the Sun’s hot atmosphere, using observations from recent solar spacecrafts: Yohkoh, SOHO, TRACE and RHESSI.
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Dwivedi, B.N. Physics of the sun’s hot atmosphere. J Astrophys Astron 27, 125–137 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02702515
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