A quantitative study relating observed shear in photospheric magnetic fields to repeated flaring

Details A quantitative study relating observed shear in photospheric magnetic fields to repeated flaring A quantitative study relating observed shear in photospheric magnetic fields to repeated flaring

Mar 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984soph...91..115h&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938), vol. 91, March 1984, p. 115-126.

Physics

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Nonuniform Magnetic Fields, Photosphere, Solar Flares, Solar Magnetic Field, Line Of Sight, Magnetic Field Configurations

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In this paper a quantitative evaluation of the shear in the magnetic field along the neutral line in an active region during an epoch of flare activity is presented. Shear is defined as the angular difference in the photosphere between the potential magnetic field, which fits the boundary conditions imposed by the observed line-of-sight field, and the observed magnetic field. For the active region studied, this angular difference (shear) is non-uniform along the neutral line with maxima occurring at the locations of repeated flare onsets. It is suggested that continued magnetic evolution causes the field's maximum shear to exceed a critical value of shear, resulting in a flare around the site of maximum shear. Evidently, the field at the site of the flare must relax to a state of shear somewhat below the critical value (but still far from potential), with subsequent evolution returning the field to the critical threshold. This inference is drawn because several flares occured at sites of maximum photospheric shear which were persistent in location.

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