A Bound on the Contribution of Small-Scale Reconnection to Coronal Heating

This paper examines a Bound on the Contribution of Small-Scale Reconnection to Coronal Heating using representative published values, with every headline quantity evaluated numerically in an accompanying calculation script. The principal findings are that active region requirement W per m2 = 10000, quiet sun requirement W per m2 = 300, and nanoflare energy J = 1.000e+17. The analysis states its assumptions explicitly, tests how the conclusions move when the inputs vary across their published ranges, and identifies the measurement that would most improve each estimate. The results are presented as scales, ratios and bounds, as appropriate to each quantity, rather than as precise predictions for individual events.