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We describe the properties of high velocity events in the corona and upper transition region and propose that they are the same phenomenon as the well studied explosive events seen in the lower transition region around T=105 K. Furthermore, we discuss how the SOHO spectrometers, CDS and SUMER, may be used to check this conjecture. Magnetic reconnection has been considered a strong candidate for the physical mechanism causing explosive events. We present a phenomenological model showing how some of the observed properties of explosive events may be explained by reconnection occurring in small magnetic loops.
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Kjeldseth-Moe, O., Cheng, C.C. (1994). The Extension of Explosive Events From the Transition Region to the Corona. In: Fleck, B., Noci, G., Poletto, G. (eds) Mass Supply and Flows in the Solar Corona. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0930-7_14
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