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Coronal Magnetic Flux Rope Equilibria and Magnetic Helicity 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
1 INTRODUCTIONObservations show that the magnetic helicity of solar magnetic structures has a predominantsign in each hemisphere of the Sun, positive in the southern hemisphere and negative in thenorthern, regardless of the solar cycle (Rust, 1994). The magnetic helicity is strictly conservedin the frame of ideal MHD (WOltjer, 1958), and approximately conserved in the presence ofresistive dissipation and magnetic reconnection in a highly conductive plajsma (Taylor, 1974;Berger, 1984; H… 相似文献
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L. M. Green B. Kliem T. Török L. van Driel-Gesztelyi G. D. R. Attrill 《Solar physics》2007,246(2):365-391
To determine the relationship between transient coronal (soft X-ray or EUV) sigmoids and erupting flux ropes, we analyse four
events in which a transient sigmoid could be associated with a filament whose apex rotates upon eruption and two further events
in which the two phenomena were spatially but not temporally coincident. We find the helicity sign of the erupting field and
the direction of filament rotation to be consistent with the conversion of twist into writhe under the ideal MHD constraint
of helicity conservation, thus supporting our assumption of flux rope topology for the rising filament. For positive (negative)
helicity the filament apex rotates clockwise (counterclockwise), consistent with the flux rope taking on a reverse (forward)
S shape, which is opposite to that observed for the sigmoid. This result is incompatible with two models for sigmoid formation:
one identifying sigmoids with upward arching kink-unstable flux ropes and one identifying sigmoids with a current layer between
two oppositely sheared arcades. We find instead that the observations agree well with the model by Titov and Démoulin (Astron. Astrophys.
351, 707, 1999), which identifies transient sigmoids with steepened current layers below rising flux ropes. 相似文献
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We investigate the damping of longitudinal (i.e., slow or acoustic) waves in nonisothermal, hot (T≥ 5.0 MK), gravitationally stratified coronal loops. Motivated by SOHO/SUMER and Yohkoh/SXT observations, and by taking into account a range of dissipative mechanisms such as thermal conduction, compressive viscosity, radiative cooling, and heating, the nonlinear governing equations of one-dimensional hydrodynamics are solved numerically for standing-wave oscillations along a magnetic field line. A semicircular shape is chosen to represent the geometry of the coronal loop. It was found that the decay time of standing waves decreases with the increase of the initial temperature, and the periods of oscillations are affected by the different initial footpoint temperatures and loop lengths studied by the numerical experiments. In general, the period of oscillation of standing waves increases and the damping time decreases when the parameter that characterises the temperature at the apex of the loop increases for a fixed footpoint temperature and loop length. A relatively simple second-order scaling polynomial between the damping time and the parameter determining the apex temperature is found. This scaling relation is proposed to be tested observationally. Because of the lack of a larger, statistically relevant number of observational studies of the damping of longitudinal (slow) standing oscillations, it can only be concluded that the numerically predicted decay times are well within the range of values inferred from Doppler shifts observed by SUMER in hot coronal loops. 相似文献
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Yu. G. Kopylova A. V. Melnikov A. V. Stepanov Yu. T. Tsap T. B. Goldvarg 《Astronomy Letters》2007,33(10):706-713
The dispersion properties of the sausage eigenmodes of oscillations in a thin magnetic flux tube are numerically analyzed in terms of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The period of the modes accompanied by the emission of MHD waves into the surrounding medium, which leads to acoustic damping of oscillations, is determined by the radius of the tube, not by its length. The dissipation of the sausage oscillations in comparatively high (?0.7R ⊙) and tenuous (?6 × 108 cm?3) coronal loops is considered. Their Q factor has bound found to be determined by the acoustic damping mechanism. The ratio of the plasma densities outside and inside the loop and the characteristic height of the emission source have been estimated by assuming the quasi-periodic pulsations of meter-wavelength radio emission to be related to the sausage oscillations. 相似文献
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Recent numerical investigations of wave propagation near coronal magnetic null points (McLaughlin and Hood: Astron. Astrophys.
459, 641, 2006) have indicated how a fast MHD wave partially converts into a slow MHD wave as the disturbance passes from a low-β plasma to a high-β plasma. This is a complex process and a clear understanding of the conversion mechanism requires the detailed investigation
of a simpler model. An investigation of mode conversion in a stratified, isothermal atmosphere with a uniform, vertical magnetic
field is carried out, both numerically and analytically. In contrast to previous investigations of upward-propagating waves
(Zhugzhda and Dzhalilov: Astron. Astrophys.
112, 16, 1982a; Cally: Astrophys. J.
548, 473, 2001), this paper studies the downward propagation of waves from a low-β to high-β environment. A simple expression for the amplitude of the transmitted wave is compared with the numerical solution. 相似文献
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The heating of the solar corona has been a fundamental astrophysical issue for over sixty years. Over the last decade in particular, space-based solar observatories (Yohkoh, SOHO and TRACE) have revealed the complex and often subtle magnetic-field and plasma interactions throughout the solar atmosphere in unprecedented detail. It is now established that any energy release mechanism is magnetic in origin - the challenge posed is to determine what specific heat input is dominating in a given coronal feature throughout the solar cycle. This review outlines a range of possible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) coronal heating theories, including MHD wave dissipation and MHD reconnection as well as the accumulating observational evidence for quasi-periodic oscillations and small-scale energy bursts occurring in the corona. Also, we describe current attempts to interpret plasma temperature, density and velocity diagnostics in the light of specific localised energy release. The progress in these investigations expected from future solar missions (Solar-B, STEREO, SDO and Solar Orbiter) is also assessed.Received: 6 February 2003, Published online: 14 November 2003
Correspondence to: R. W. Walsh 相似文献
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The damping of standing slow waves in hot (T>6 MK) coronal loops of semicircular shape is revisited in both the linear and nonlinear regimes. Dissipation by thermal conduction,
compressive viscosity, radiative cooling, and heating are examined for nonstratified and stratified loops. We find that for
typical conditions of hot SUMER loops, thermal conduction increases the period of damped oscillations over the sound-crossing
time, whereas the decay times are mostly shaped by compressive viscosity. Damping from optically thin radiation is negligible.
We also find that thermal conduction alone results in slower damping of the density and velocity waves compared to the observations.
Only when compressive viscosity is added do these waves damp out at the same rate as the observed rapidly decaying modes of
hot SUMER loop oscillations, in contrast to most current work, which has pointed to thermal conduction as the dominant mechanism.
We compare the linear predictions with numerical hydrodynamic calculations. Under the effects of gravity, nonlinear viscous
dissipation leads to a reduction of the decay time compared to the homogeneous case. In contrast, the linear results predict
that the damping rates are barely affected by gravity. 相似文献
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A number of independent arguments indicate that the toroidal flux system responsible for the sunspot cycle is stored at the
base of the convection zone in the form of flux tubes with field strength close to 105 G. Although the evidence for such strong fields is quite compelling, how such field strength can be reached is still a topic
of debate. Flux expulsion by convection should lead to about the equipartition field strength, but the magnetic energy density
of a 105-G field is two orders of magnitude larger than the mean kinetic energy density of convective motions. Line stretching by
differential rotation (i.e., the “Ω effect” in the classical mean-field dynamo approach) probably plays an important role, but arguments based on energy considerations show that it does not seem feasible
that a 105-G field can be produced in this way. An alternative scenario for the intensification of the toroidal flux system in the overshoot
layer is related to the explosion of rising, buoyantly unstable magnetic flux tubes, which opens a complementary mechanism for magnetic-field intensification.
A parallelism is pointed out with the mechanism of “convective collapse” for the intensification of photospheric magnetic
flux tubes up to field strengths well above equipartition; both mechanisms, which are fundamentally thermal processes, are
reviewed. 相似文献
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Xie Xiao-yan Ziegler Udo Mei Zhi-xing Wu Ning Lin Jun 《Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics》2018,42(4):550-574
On the basis of the catastrophe model developed by Isenberg et al., we have used the NIRVANA code to perform the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) numerical experiments to look into the various behaviors of the coronal magnetic configuration that includes a current-carrying flux rope for modelling the prominence levitation in the corona. These behaviors include the evolution of the equilibrium height of magnetic flux rope with the background magnetic field, the corresponding interior equilibrium of magnetic flux rope, the dynamic properties of magnetic flux rope after the system loses equilibrium, as well as the impact of the reference radius on the equilibrium height of magnetic flux rope. In our calculations, an empirical model of the coronal density distribution given by Sittler & Guhathakurta is used, and the physical dissipation is included. Our experiments show that a deviation between the simulated equilibrium height of magnetic flux rope and the theoretical result of Isenberg et al. exists, but it is not apparent, and the evolutionary features of the two results are similar. If the magnetic flux rope is initially located at the stable branch of the theoretical equilibrium curve, the magnetic flux rope will quickly reach the equilibrium position after several rounds of oscillations as a result of the self-adjustment of the system; when the system is located at the critical point it will quickly lose equilibrium and evolve to the eruptive state; the impact of the variation of reference radius on the equilibrium height of magnetic flux rope is consistent with the prediction of the theory; in the eruptive state, the kinetic properties of magnetic flux rope are consistent with the results given by the Lin-Forbes model and observation, and the fast-mode shock in front of the magnetic flux rope is observed in our experiments; furthermore, because that the dissipation is included in our numerical experiments, the energy conversion from the magnetic energy to other forms of energy is very apparent in the eruptive process. 相似文献
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A study is made of equilibrium and stability properties of a semi-toroidal current loop imbedded in a high temperature plasma. The loop carries a toroidal current density J t and poloidal current density J p. By explicity including the global curvature of the loop, the net Lorentz and pressure forces acting along the major radius are calculated. Requirement of equilibrium force-balance gives rise to conditions that must be satisfied by the physical parameters and geometry. On the basis of these conditions, we deduce a class of equilibrium semi-toroidal current loops satisfying c #X2212;1 J × B ? ▽p = 0. It is found that the averge pressure inside the loop is less than the ambient coronal pressure in equilibrium. Furthermore, this class of equilibria is shown to be stable to a number of destructive MHD modes. The theoretical results are discussed in the context of solar bipolar current loops. 相似文献
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We investigate the effect of viscosity and magnetic diffusivity on the oblique propagation and dissipation of Alfvén waves with respect to the normal outward direction, making use of MHD equations, density, temperature and magnetic field structure in coronal holes and underlying magnetic funnels. We find reduction in the damping length scale, group velocity and energy flux density as the propagation angle of Alfvén waves increases inside the coronal holes. For any propagation angle, the energy flux density and damping length scale also show a decrement in the source region of the solar wind (< 1.05 R⊙) where these may be one of the primary energy sources, which can convert the inflow of the solar wind into the outflow. In the outer region (> 1.21 R⊙), for any propagation angle, the energy flux density peaks match with the peaks of MgX 609.78 Å and 624.78 Å linewidths observed from the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) on SOHO and the non-thermal velocity derived from these observations, justify the observed spectroscopic signature of the Alfvén wave dissipation. 相似文献
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As demonstrated by many previous studies, a system consisting of an isolated coronal flux rope and a surrounding background
magnetic field exhibits a catastrophic behavior. In particular, if the magnetic field of the system is force-free and axisymmetric
in spherical geometry, the magnetic energy at the catastrophic point, referred to as the catastrophic energy threshold, is
found to be larger than the corresponding partly or fully open field energy. This paper takes an octapole field as the background
and introduces a flux rope within the central arcade of the octapole field. A relaxation method based on time-dependent ideal
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations is used to find axisymmetric force-free field solutions in spherical geometry associated
with the flux rope system. With respect to an increase of either the annular flux Φp or the axial flux Φϕ of the rope, the system exhibits a catastrophic behavior as expected, and the catastrophic energy threshold is larger than
that of the corresponding partly open field, in which the central arcade is opened up, but the remainder remains closed. For
a given octapole field, the energy threshold depends on either Φp or Φϕ at the catastrophic point, and it increases with increasing Φp or decreasing Φϕ. On the other hand, the extent to which the central bipolar component of the octapole field is open also affects the energy
threshold. These results differ from those for the bipolar background field case, in which the catastrophic energy threshold
is almost independent of the magnetic properties of the flux rope at the catastrophic points and the extent to which the background
field is open. The reason for such a difference is briefly discussed. 相似文献
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We analyze five events of the interaction of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with the remote coronal rays located up to 90°
away from the CME as observed by the SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph. Using sequences of SOHO/LASCO C2 images, we estimate the kink
propagation in the coronal rays during their interaction with the corresponding CMEs ranging from 180 to 920 km s−1 within the interval of radial distances from 3 R
⊙ to 6 R
⊙. We conclude that all studied events do not correspond to the expected pattern of shock wave propagation in the corona. Coronal
ray deflection can be interpreted as the influence of the magnetic field of a moving flux rope within the CME. The motion
of a large-scale flux rope away from the Sun creates changes in the structure of surrounding field lines, which are similar
to the kink propagation along coronal rays. The retardation of the potential should be taken into account since the flux rope
moves at a high speed, comparable with the Alfvén speed. 相似文献
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Coronal Flux Rope Equilibria in Closed Magnetic Fields 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Zhen Wang You-Qiu HuSchool of Earth Space Sciences University of Science Technology of China 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2003,3(3):241-246
Using a 2.5-dimensional ideal MHD model in Cartesian coordinates,we investigate the equilibrium properties of coronal magnetic flux ropes in background magnetic fields that are completely closed.The background fields are produced by a dipole,a quadrupole,and an octapole,respectively,located below the photosphere at the same depth.A magnetic flux rope is then launched from below the photo-sphere,and its magnetic properties,i.e,the annular magnetic fluxφp and the axial magnetic fluxφz,are controlled by a single emergence parameter.The whole sys-tem eventually evolves into equilibrium,and the resultant flux rope is characterized by three geometrical parameters:the height of the rope axis,the half-width of the rope,and the length of the vertical current sheet below the rope.It is found that the geometrical parameters increase monotonically and continuously with increasing φp and φz:no catastrophe occurs.Moreover,there exists a steep segment in the profiles of the geometrical parameters versus either φp or φz,and the faster the background field decays with height,the larger both the gradient and the growth amplitude within the steep segment will be. 相似文献
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Numerical simulations of the helical (m=1) kink instability of an arched, line-tied flux rope demonstrate that the helical deformation enforces reconnection between
the legs of the rope if modes with two helical turns are dominant as a result of high initial twist in the range Φ≳6π. Such a reconnection is complex, involving also the ambient field. In addition to breaking up the original rope, it can form
a new, low-lying, less twisted flux rope. The new flux rope is pushed downward by the reconnection outflow, which typically
forces it to break as well by reconnecting with the ambient field. The top part of the original rope, largely rooted in the
sources of the ambient flux after the break-up, can fully erupt or be halted at low heights, producing a “failed eruption.”
The helical current sheet associated with the instability is squeezed between the approaching legs, temporarily forming a
double current sheet. The leg – leg reconnection proceeds at a high rate, producing sufficiently strong electric fields that
it would be able to accelerate particles. It may also form plasmoids, or plasmoid-like structures, which trap energetic particles
and propagate out of the reconnection region up to the top of the erupting flux rope along the helical current sheet. The
kinking of a highly twisted flux rope involving leg – leg reconnection can explain key features of an eruptive but partially
occulted solar flare on 18 April 2001, which ejected a relatively compact hard X-ray and microwave source and was associated
with a fast coronal mass ejection. 相似文献
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The damping of fast kink oscillations of solar coronal loops attributable to the radiation of MHD waves into the surroundings is considered in the thin-tube approximation. The oscillation damping decrement is calculated both by using a new energy method and by solving the dispersion equation for magnetic-tube eigenmodes. The two approaches are in good agreement under appropriate assumptions. The damping is negligible if MHD waves are radiated perpendicular to the magnetic field. The low Q factor of the loop oscillations in active regions found with the TRACE space telescope is associated with the generation of running waves that propagate along magnetic field lines. 相似文献
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Pankaj Kumar Ablishek K. Srivastava B. Filippov R. Erdélyi Wahab Uddin 《Solar physics》2011,272(2):301-317
We present the multiwavelength observations of a flux rope that was trying to erupt from NOAA AR 11045 and the associated
M-class solar flare on 12 February 2010 using space-based and ground-based observations from TRACE, STEREO, SOHO/MDI, Hinode/XRT, and BBSO. While the flux rope was rising from the active region, an M1.1/2F class flare was triggered near one of its
footpoints. We suggest that the flare triggering was due to the reconnection of a rising flux rope with the surrounding low-lying
magnetic loops. The flux rope reached a projected height of ≈0.15R
⊙ with a speed of ≈90 km s−1 while the soft X-ray flux enhanced gradually during its rise. The flux rope was suppressed by an overlying field, and the
filled plasma moved towards the negative polarity field to the west of its activation site. We found the first observational
evidence of the initial suppression of a flux rope due to a remnant filament visible both at chromospheric and coronal temperatures
that evolved a couple of days earlier at the same location in the active region. SOHO/MDI magnetograms show the emergence
of a bipole ≈12 h prior to the flare initiation. The emerged negative polarity moved towards the flux rope activation site,
and flare triggering near the photospheric polarity inversion line (PIL) took place. The motion of the negative polarity region
towards the PIL helped in the build-up of magnetic energy at the flare and flux rope activation site. This study provides
unique observational evidence of a rising flux rope that failed to erupt due to a remnant filament and overlying magnetic
field, as well as associated triggering of an M-class flare. 相似文献
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We use an innovative research technique to analyze combined images from the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE). We produce a high spatial and temporal resolution simulated CDS raster or “composite” map from TRACE data and use
this composite map to jointly analyze data from both instruments. We show some of the advantages of using the “composite”
map method for coronal loop studies. We investigate two postflare loop structures. We find cool material (250 000 K) concentrated
at the tips or apex of the loops. This material is found to be above its scale height and therefore not in hydrostatic equilibrium.
The exposure times of the composite map and TRACE images are used to give an estimate of another loop’s cooling time. The
contribution to the emission in the TRACE images for the spectral lines present in its narrow passband is estimated by using
the CDS spectral data and CHIANTI to derive synthetic spectra. We obtain cospatial and cotemporal data collected by both instruments
in SOHO Joint Observations Program (JOP) 146 and show how the combination of these data can be utilized to obtain more accurate
measurements of coronal plasmas than if analyzed individually.
Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Observations of the solar full-disk were carried out by the Atmo- spheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) with the Fe IX 171 Å line on 16th October 2010. The obtained high-quality data permit us to elaborate on the coronal loop oscillations. It is found that a major flare of GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) class M2.9 occurred in the active region NOAA 1112 during this period, which triggered a number of coronal loops on the solar surface to oscillate. Among them, there are two coronal loops exhibiting oscillations with different physical features. The oscillation of the coronal loop located at W492/S170 is a simple harmonic oscillation with a period of 385s, which abides by the oscillating equation of x = 2.2 sin[2π/385(t–768)], while the other located at W559/S142 is a damping oscillation with a period of 449s, and the oscillating equation is expressed by x = 24.8e - 2π/343 t sin[2π/449(t–1128)], where t is the observational time in units of second. 相似文献
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The solar wind conditions at one astronomical unit (AU) can be strongly disturbed by interplanetary coronal mass ejections
(ICMEs). A subset, called magnetic clouds (MCs), is formed by twisted flux ropes that transport an important amount of magnetic
flux and helicity, which is released in CMEs. At 1 AU from the Sun, the magnetic structure of MCs is generally modeled by
neglecting their expansion during the spacecraft crossing. However, in some cases, MCs present a significant expansion. We
present here an analysis of the huge and significantly expanding MC observed by the Wind spacecraft during 9 – 10 November 2004. This MC was embedded in an ICME. After determining an approximate orientation for
the flux rope using the minimum variance method, we obtain a precise orientation of the cloud axis by relating its front and
rear magnetic discontinuities using a direct method. This method takes into account the conservation of the azimuthal magnetic
flux between the inbound and outbound branches and is valid for a finite impact parameter (i.e., not necessarily a small distance between the spacecraft trajectory and the cloud axis). The MC is also studied using dynamic
models with isotropic expansion. We have found (6.2±1.5)×1020 Mx for the axial flux and (78±18)×1020 Mx for the azimuthal flux. Moreover, using the direct method, we find that the ICME is formed by a flux rope (MC) followed
by an extended coherent magnetic region. These observations are interpreted by considering the existence of a previously larger
flux rope, which partially reconnected with its environment in the front. We estimate that the reconnection process started
close to the Sun. These findings imply that the ejected flux rope is progressively peeled by reconnection and transformed
to the observed ICME (with a remnant flux rope in the front part). 相似文献