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磁编织的日冕能量输入

The coronal energy input from magnetic braiding

A. R. Yeates, F. Bianchi, B. T. Welsch, P. J. Bushby

摘要:

我们估计的能量输入到日冕光球的脚点运动,利用日之出太阳光学望远镜的一个plage区域的观测。假设一个完全理想的日冕演化,两个替代的坡印亭通量的下限计算的基础上的磁力线足迹轨迹,而不需要水平磁场数据。当应用于观察到的速度时,仅基于每个场线的两个足点之间的位移的界限比基于场线之间的相对扭曲的界限更紧。根据日冕磁场线的假设长度,较高的边界被认为是合理的紧相比,坡印亭通量估计使用一个可用的矢量磁图。它也接近所需的能量输入,以解释导电和辐射损失的活性区电晕。基于数值对流模拟的类似分析,我们认为,具有更高的空间分辨率的观测可能会使基于相对扭曲的边界更接近第一边界,但不会大幅增加第一边界。最后,我们通过构造一个假设的具有正确场线连通性的"非弛豫“磁场,给出了磁能的近似上限。

英文摘要:

We estimate the energy input into the solar corona from photospheric footpoint motions, using observations of a plage region by the Hinode Solar Optical Telescope. Assuming a perfectly ideal coronal evolution, two alternative lower bounds for the Poynting flux are computed based on field line footpoint trajectories, without requiring horizontal magnetic field data. When applied to the observed velocities, a bound based solely on displacements between the two footpoints of each field line is tighter than a bound based on relative twist between field lines. Depending on the assumed length of coronal magnetic field lines, the higher bound is found to be reasonably tight compared with a Poynting flux estimate using an available vector magnetogram. It is also close to the energy input required to explain conductive and radiative losses in the active region corona. Based on similar analysis of a numerical convection simulation, we suggest that observations with higher spatial resolution are likely to bring the bound based on relative twist closer to the first bound, but not to increase the first bound substantially. Finally, we put an approximate upper bound on the magnetic energy by constructing a hypothetical ``unrelaxed'' magnetic field with the correct field line connectivity.

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