Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jun 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006spd....37.1311d&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #37, #13.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.242
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
In order to improve the understanding of both flare initiation and evolution, we take advantage of powerful new topological methods and the high spatial resolution of RHESSI to examine where magnetic reconnection takes place in flare-producing solar active regions. Up to this time, such studies have been carried out on a very small number of active regions. According to present ideas, reconnection is expected to occur at either a separatrix or separator topological feature. We use the powerful X10 flare on 29 October 2003 (peak: 20:49 UT, location: (80'', 275'')) as a test of the ability to interpret the topological location of reconnection. The 29 October 2003 flare was well observed by RHESSI and MDI, occurred near the sun's central meridian, and thus is thus a prime candidate for a study on the topological location of magnetic reconnection. In this flare study, we use the MPOLE (http://solar.physics.montana.edu/dana/mpole/) software to extrapolate from the photospheric magnetic field, as observed by MDI, to a coronal field. MPOLE is a suite of IDL programs implementing the Minimum Current Corona Model (Longcope 1996) and currently includes a new method that uses a hierarchy of topological features (Beveridge 2006). The extrapolation gives the location of topological features such as poles, nulls, separatricies, separators, and spine lines. We examine the flare emission observed by RHESSI in the context of these topological features. In the case of the 29 October 2003 flare, we find a relationship between the spine lines and the temporal evolution of the HXR flare footpoints. In this poster, we present observations supporting the relationship, explore uncertainties in the consistency between MPOLE and RHESSI data, and survey possible results.This work is supported by NASA.
Canfield Rod
Des Jardins Angela C.
Longcope Dana
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