Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aas...205.1004s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #10.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1349
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sigmoids are studied due to their eruptive nature, which affects the Earth and the space atmosphere. The shape of the sigmoid (S-shaped or inverse S-shaped) is an indicator of eruption. The origin of this shape has been the topic of many research papers. One such paper by Fan and Gibson, The Emergence of a Twisted Magnetic Flux Tube Into a Preexisting Coronal Arcade, appeared in 2003. Fan and Gibson argue that a sigmoid with left-handed twist has left-handed writhe, which gives the sigmoid its S-shape and right-handed twist the inverse S-shape. Our study determined that there is no correlation between a sigmoid's handedness and shape as claimed in the paper by Fan and Gibson. Doing a statistical study observing the topology of the sigmoid using the data from Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope, we classified each sigmoid by its shape, twist, and magnetic field lines. We found that 23% of our data was right-handed and S-shaped, 33% was left-handed and S-shaped, 22% was right-handed and inverse S-shaped, and 22% was left-handed and inverse-S shaped. Thus, we found no systematic relationship between the handedness and shape of the sigmoid -- in disagreement with Fan and Gibson.
Acton Loren W.
Canfield Richard C.
Son Jun-Hyeok
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