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A viable non-axisymmetric non-force-free field to represent solar active regions

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2016-11-21 v1

Abstract

A combination of analytical calculations and vectormagnetogram data are utilized to develop a non-axisymmetric non-force-free magnetic field and asses its viability in describing solar active regions. For the purpose, we construct a local spherical shell where a planar surface, tangential to the inner sphere, represents a Cartesian cutout of an active region. The magnetic field defined on the surface is then correlated with magnetograms. The analysis finds the non-axisymmetric non-force-free magnetic field, obtained by a superposition of two linear-force-free fields, correlates reasonably well with magnetograms.

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@article{arxiv.1611.05978,
  title  = {A viable non-axisymmetric non-force-free field to represent solar active regions},
  author = {A. Prasad and R. Bhattacharyya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.05978},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures, Published in Physics of Plasmas