The Rise of Magnetic Flux Tubes across a Stratified Medium: Effects of the Twist
Abstract
The results of a 2D numerical simulation of the rise of twisted magnetic flux tubes are sketched. The theoretical criterion for the minimum twist necessary to prevent the conversion of the tube into a pair of strong vortices is shown to be correct. The transition from a low-twist to a high-twist regime is exemplified. There is a sharp transition between the tube interior and the outside medium. A well-developed wake is formed, which however contains only a fraction of the original magnetic flux of the tube.
- Publication:
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1st Advances in Solar Physics Euroconference. Advances in Physics of Sunspots
- Pub Date:
- 1997
- Bibcode:
- 1997ASPC..118...71E
- Keywords:
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- MAGNETIC FIELDS;
- INTERIOR;
- ACTIVITY;
- HYDRODYNAMICS;
- PLASMAS