Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...365l..35c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 365, Dec. 10, 1990, p. L35-L38.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Coronal Loops, Force-Free Magnetic Fields, Solar Flares, Solar Magnetic Field, Computerized Simulation, Magnetic Relaxation, Photosphere, Solar Prominences
Scientific paper
The family of magnetic force-free equilibria obtained by Low (1977) using the generating function method is really a sequence of Gold-Hoyle flux tubes. This sequence is stable under a wide range of solar conditions since each member, specified by the shear parameter mu, is anchored to the photosphere along an axial slice. Recent magnetic relaxation simulations by Klimchuk and Sturrock (1989) are fundamentally incapable of representing the unconnected helical field lines inherent in the high-shear (mu greater than 1) Low solutions. Nonetheless, the numerical simulations are more likely to describe the equilibria of highly sheared arcades, since they involve no change in topology with increasing shear. This view is reinforced by magnetic energy calculations which confirm that the Gold-Hoyle solutions are more energetic for mu greater than 1 than the numerical equilibria of Klimchuk and Sturrock.
Craig Donald I. Jr.
Rickard Graham J.
Sneyd A. D.
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