Modelling the Global Solar Corona III: Origin of the Hemispheric Pattern of Filaments

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2008-10-02

arxiv.org/abs/0810.0517v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Solar Physics

Scientific paper

10.1007/s11207-008-9276-7

We consider the physical origin of the hemispheric pattern of filament chirality on the Sun. Our 3D simulations of the coronal field evolution over a period of 6 months, based on photospheric magnetic measurements, were previously shown to be highly successful at reproducing observed filament chiralities. In this paper we identify and describe the physical mechanisms responsible for this success. The key mechanisms are found to be (1) differential rotation of north-south polarity inversion lines, (2) the shape of bipolar active regions, and (3) evolution of skew over a period of many days. As on the real Sun, the hemispheric pattern in our simulations holds in a statistical sense. Exceptions arise naturally for filaments in certain locations relative to bipolar active regions, or from interactions between a number of active regions.

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