Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997ap%26ss.254...67c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 254, Issue 1, pp.67-83
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
X-ray spectroscopy performed by different astronomical spacecrafts has shown that many active late-type stars possess coronae. For such reason, the magnetic structure of stellar coronae has raised considerable interest and, by analogy with the Sun, it is generally assumed that stellar coronae are structured by magnetic fields having the shape of arcades. Most of those coronal magnetic field configurations assume translational symmetry and are based in planar source surfaces. However, as soon as either the length or the width of such source surfaces become non negligible as compared to the stellar radius, the application of the cylindrical geometry seems to be more appropriate. Then, one way of obtaining coronal magnetic configurations is to deal with source domains extended over a cylindrical surface. In this paper we generate potential coronal arcades based on cylindrical source surfaces with non negligible length or width compared to the stellar radius. The flux function, the magnetic field components, the shape of magnetic field lines and other characteristic magnitudes have been obtained and analyzed for both cases.
Ballester Jose Luis
Cadez Vladimir M.
Oliver Ramon
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