The Pattern of Supergranular in a Solar Active Region and the Formation of Filaments

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Jan 2004

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Astronomy Reports, vol. 48, Issue 1, p.58-64

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The formation of filaments in solar bipolar active regions is investigated, giving particular attention to the relationship between this process and the pattern of supergranular convection. SOHO MDI and Kitt Peak magnetograms and Hα filtergrams are used. The large decaying active region NOAA 8525 is considered over the period May 4 7, 1999. The boundaries of supergranules are identified as concentrations of the line-of-sight photospheric field in magnetograms. Filaments in the central part of the active region are studied; as a whole, they are aligned with the supergranule boundaries. Variations in the magnetic field in this period were manifest primarily in the form of “cancellations” and spatial-redistribution processes consistent with the pattern of developing supergranules. These factors created the conditions necessary for the formation of a filament stretched across the entire active region; i.e., the straightening of the polarity-inversion line and reduction of the horizontal gradients of the magnetic field. One possible explanation of the results is that the magnetic-field component along the filament axis is associated with the vortical structure of horizontal flows in the supergranulation cells.

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