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Magnetically Heated Accretion Disk Coronae Expect strong B: Keplerian Shear+convection Bouyancy Loops Observe: Power law flickering Emission Lines (Horne.

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1 Magnetically Heated Accretion Disk Coronae Expect strong B: Keplerian Shear+convection Bouyancy Loops Observe: Power law flickering Emission Lines (Horne & Saar) Jets Ueno et al.

2 Early Scenario Galeev, Rosner & Vaiana Black Hold Disk: Cygnus X-1 Scaling like solar coronal loops Thermal Conduction + Radiation or Compton Cooling B in equipartion within disk T ~ 5x10 8, n e ~ 10 19

3 Magnetorotational Instability Balbus & Hawley Viscosity >> Molecular Convection doesn’t work Miller & Stone Poynting flux ~ 25% E diss Sheets? Low β Corona

4 Nanoflares? Pavlidou et al. Cellular automaton model Naturally gives power law Angular momentum transfer by Reconnection in corona alone CMEs?? Strong winds sometimes Can collimate flow (Williams)


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