Solar plage
A plage
Etymology
The term plage is often believed to be poetically taken from the French word for "beach"; however, this is likely a misunderstanding of an 1893 article by Henri-Alexandre Deslandres where the name facular flames was suggested. In the article, Deslandres also refers to them as plages brillantes, meaning bright regions, which became the more commonly used term.[2]
Description
Classically plage have been defined as regions that are bright in
It is believed that plage is formed from decaying emerging flux regions, and often acts as a footprint for coronal loops and fibrils, which makes them an important interface for
See also
References
- ISBN 9780080568362.
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- S2CID 220055552.