Dynamic signatures of quiet sun magnetic fields
Abstract
The collision and disappearance of opposite polarity fields is observed most frequently at the borders of network cells. Due to observational limitations, the frequency, magnitude, and spatial distribution of magnetic flux loss have not yet been quantitatively determined at the borders or within the interiors of the cells. However, in agreement with published hypotheses of other authors, the disapperance of magnetic flux is speculated to be a consequence of either gradual or rapid magnetic reconnection which could be the means of converting magnetic energy into the kinetic, thermal, and nonthermal sources of energy for microflares, spicules, the solar wind, and the heating of the solar corona.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983STIN...8420464M
- Keywords:
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- Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetic Signatures;
- Sun;
- Kinetic Energy;
- Magnetic Flux;
- Nonthermal Radiation;
- Polarity;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Wind;
- Spicules;
- Thermal Energy;
- Solar Physics