A long-lived coronal arch system observed in X-rays

Autor: McGuire, J. P., Tandberg-Hanssen, E., Krall, K. R., Wu, S. T., Smith, J. B., Speich, D. M.
Zdroj: Solar Physics; April 1977, Vol. 52 Issue: 1 p91-100, 10p
Abstrakt: A large long-lived soft X-ray emitting arch system was observed during the last Skylab mission. This arcade stayed in the same approximate position for several solar rotations. We suggest that these long-lived arches owe their stability to the stable coronal magnetic-field configuration. A global constant a force-free magnetic field analysis, as developed by Nakagawaet al. (1977), is used to describe the arches, and results in a marked resemblance between the theoretical magnetic-field configuration and the observed X-ray emitting feature.
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