arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 1606.09196astro-ph.SR
收藏

磁螺旋度在太阳日冕结构和加热中的作用

The Role of Magnetic Helicity in the Structure and Heating of the Sun's Corona

Kalman J. Knizhnik

摘要:

太阳大气的两个最重要的特征是它的热,光滑的日冕环和磁剪切的集中,称为灯丝通道,位于光球极性反转线(PIL)上方。在暗条通道中观察到的剪切代表了磁螺旋度,而日冕环的平滑度表明日冕的其余部分明显缺乏磁螺旋度。与此同时,试图解释在这些日冕环中观察到的高温的模型需要以扭曲形式注入光球的磁能。除了磁能,这种扭曲也代表了磁螺旋度。与磁能不同,磁螺旋度在重联下是守恒的,因此预计会在日冕中积累和观察到。然而,在日冕中观测到磁螺旋度的位置是暗条通道,而不是日冕环,并且它以剪切而不是扭曲的形式表现出来。这自然提出了一个问题:如果需要注入磁螺旋度来加热日冕环,为什么它只在暗条通道中被观察到,而日冕环被观察到是层流和光滑的?本论文利用一系列数值模拟来解决这个问题,这些数值模拟表明,磁螺旋度通过磁重联在整个日冕中传输,其方式是在PIL上方积累,形成细丝通道,并使日冕的其余部分大致平滑。在这个过程中,它将磁能转化为热量,解释了观测到的大温度。本论文提出了一个模型,在太阳日冕中的丝状通道的形成和存在的光滑,热的日冕环,并显示如何运输的磁螺旋度在整个太阳日冕的磁重联是负责这两种现象。

英文摘要:

Two of the most important features of the solar atmosphere are its hot, smooth coronal loops and the concentrations of magnetic shear, known as filament channels, that reside above photospheric polarity inversion lines (PILs). The shear observed in filament channels represents magnetic helicity, while the smoothness of the coronal loops indicates an apparent lack of magnetic helicity in the rest of the corona. At the same time, models that attempt to explain the high temperatures observed in these coronal loops require magnetic energy, in the form of twist, to be injected at the photosphere. In addition to magnetic energy, this twist also represents magnetic helicity. Unlike magnetic energy, magnetic helicity is conserved under reconnection, and is consequently expected to accumulate and be observed in the corona. However, filament channels, rather than the coronal loops, are the locations in the corona where magnetic helicity is observed, and it manifests itself in the form of shear, rather than twist. This naturally raises the question: if magnetic helicity needs to be injected to heat coronal loops, why is it only observed in filament channels, while coronal loops are observed to be laminar and smooth? This thesis addresses this question using a series of numerical simulations that demonstrate that magnetic helicity is transported throughout the solar corona by magnetic reconnection in such a way that it accumulates above PILs, forming filament channels, and leaving the rest of the corona generally smooth. In the process, it converts magnetic energy into heat, accounting for the large observed temperatures. This thesis presents a model for the formation of filament channels in the solar corona and the presence of smooth, hot coronal loops, and shows how the transport of magnetic helicity throughout the solar corona by magnetic reconnection is responsible for both of these phenomena.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑