The Evolution of Vector Magnetic Fields in an Emerging Flux Region

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Sep 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003apj...595..465k&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 595, Issue 1, pp. 465-482.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Sun: Activity, Sun: Corona, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Sun: Photosphere, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays

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Collaborative observations of NOAA Active Region 9231 were carried out during 9 days in 2000 November using the Advanced Stokes Polarimeter (ASP), Yohkoh/SXT, TRACE, and SOHO/MDI, in order to record the evolution of the photospheric magnetic field and its related coronal response. During this period an emerging flux region (EFR) appeared in the photosphere near the well-developed leading sunspot of this region, and subsequently bright bundles of coronal loops formed between the main concentrations of opposite magnetic polarity. The structure of the photospheric field comprising the EFR is classified into three regions: (1) the main bipolar magnetic flux of the EFR; (2) two small, rapidly emerging bipoles within the EFR; and (3) the remainder of the EFR excluding the other two regions. Two small, rapidly emerging bipoles are observed within a few hours of their first appearance at the photosphere. Examination of the vector magnetic field, its filling factor, and Doppler motion within the EFR shows that the young emerging magnetic field is nearly horizontal, the intrinsic field strength is weaker than that of the surrounding magnetic field (~500 G), and the weak field has a high filling factor (>80%) and upward motion (<1 km s-1). At both ends of the horizontal field structure we find that the magnetic field strength increases to about 1500 G and the filling factor drops to about 40% as the magnetic field becomes vertical in orientation during its first 12 hr. This field strength is typical of the field within the main bipolar magnetic flux, but the filling factor increases to 80% during the following 2 days. The process for organizing magnetic field configuration including convective collapse and flux concentration provides one possible explanation of the evolution of the field strength and the filling factor in the EFR. In addition, aymmetric surface distributions of magnetic field inclination were observed in the horizontal magnetic field area in the EFR. These asymmetric distributions were also observed in the small, young, emerging bipoles. This may mean that the magnetic field of the EFR is affected by the preexisting magnetic environment surrounding the EFR and that the emerging magnetic loops are deformed before or at the time they reach the photospheric level.

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