Evidence for opposed currents in active region loops |
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| Authors: | Randolph H Levine |
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| Institution: | (1) Center for Astrophysics, Harvard College Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 02138 Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | EUV and X-ray images of the Sun are used as tracers of the magnetic field structure in the Solar atmosphere in order to study the existence of currents in active regions. Criteria are suggested for comparing the data with theoretical extrapolations of magnetic field lines above the level of magnetograph observations. Analysis of the data presented in conjunction with force-free field calculations suggests the existence of currents flowing in opposite directions in nearby sets of loops in the active regions shown. Some simple qualitative implications of opposed current structures are suggested. |
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