3DMHD simulation of nanoflare-like events in wave heated coronal loop

We have conducted 3D MHD simulation of a coronal loop maintained by wave heating to investigate if the nanoflare-like events occur in wave-heated system. A warm coronal loop is reproduced as a natural consequence of MHD wave excitation at the photosphere. We found that the corona is intensively heated when the counter propagating Alfvenic waves collide with each other, which could be a signature of MHD turbulence. The turbulent cascade makes smaller and smaller structures perpendicular to the magnetic field and produces multi-threaded vortex and current sheets. Therefore the heating events in our simulation may be regarded as nanoflare in the sense that heating events are spatially localized and temporary intermittent.