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We propose that spicules are the direct result of a resonant buffeting of the sides of an intense (kilogauss) slender flux tube by turbulent granular motions. For a critical wavespeed, the granular motion drives a high-speed flow along the axis of the tube. We illustrate this effect by considering in detail a flux tube embedded in a uniform compressible atmosphere, thereby modelling the development of the ‘seedflow’ in the photosphere that eventually manifests itself in the chromosphere as the spicule.
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Roberts, B. Spicules: The resonant response to granular buffeting?. Sol Phys 61, 23–34 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00155443
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