Coronal partings
Abstract
The basic observational properties of "coronal partings"-the special type of quasi-one-dimensional magnetic structures, identified by a comparison of the coronal X-ray and EUV images with solar magnetograms-are investigated. They represent the channels of opposite polarity inside the unipolar large-scale magnetic fields, formed by the rows of magnetic arcs directed to the neighboring sources of the background polarity. The most important characteristics of the partings are discussed. It can be naturally assumed that-from the evolutionary and spatial points of view-the partings can transform into the coronal holes and visa versa. The classes of global, intersecting, and complex partings are identified.
- Publication:
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Advances in Space Research
- Pub Date:
- February 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.asr.2015.11.020
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1506.01423
- Bibcode:
- 2016AdSpR..57..904N
- Keywords:
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- Solar magnetic fields;
- Coronal structures;
- Physics - Space Physics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- LaTeX2e, elsarticle documentclass, 15 pages, 6 PDF figures, submitted to Advances in Space Research
