The shape of twisted, line-tied coronal loops
The shape of twisted, line-tied coronal loops
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扭曲的线状冠状环的形状
DOI:
10.1007/bf00156270
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发表时间:
1989
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
A. Hood
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作者:
P. K. Browning;A. Hood
The magnetostatic equilibrium of a coronal loop in response to slow twisting of the photospheric footpoints is investigated. A numerical code is used to solve the full non-linear 2-D axisymmetric problem, extending earlier linearised models which assume weak twist and large aspect ratio. It is found that often the core of the loop tends to contract into a region of strong longitudinal field while the outer part expands. It is shown that, away from the photospheric footpoints, the equilibrium is very well approximated by a straight 1-D cylindrical model. This idea is used to develop a simple method for prescribing the footpoint angular displacement and calculating the equilibrium.