Secular variations in the solar corona shape according to observations during a solar activity minimum epoch

Details Secular variations in the solar corona shape according to observations during a solar activity minimum epoch Secular variations in the solar corona shape according to observations during a solar activity minimum epoch

2008-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/0804.1989v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. In proceedings 10-th Pulkovo conference on solar physics,St.Petersburg-2006

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Analysis of the solar corona structure during the periods of minimum solar activity from 1867 till 2006 has been carried out. A new flattening index for the large coronal streamers has been proposed. It has been shown that the index has been smoothly changing during the last 140 years. The minimal value of the index occurred during activity cycles 17--19; this was the period when the solar corona most of all corresponded to the dipole configuration of the global magnetic field of the Sun. At the beginning of the 20th and the 21st centuries, the corona structure corresponded to the quadrupole configuration. The reasons for the variations in the solar corona structure and its relation to geomagnetic activity are discussed.

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