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The Magnetic Field Structure in the Active Solar Corona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Kenneth H. Schatten
Kenneth H. Schatten*
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 20771, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The structure of the magnetic field of the active solar corona is discussed with reference to optical and radio observations of the solar atmosphere. Eclipse observations provide evidence of fine scale structures in the solar atmosphere that appear to relate to the coronal magnetic field. The coronal magnetic field used for comparison is that field calculated from potential theory: the influence of solar activity upon the potential theory field is discussed with reference to observations of the Faraday rotation of a microwave signal from Pioneer 6 as it was occulted by the solar atmosphere. Evidence has been found suggesting the existence of expanding magnetic bottles located at 10 R⊙ above flaring active regions. The dynamics of these events is discussed. It is further suggested that these magnetic bottles are an important component in the solar corona.

Type
Part VI: Optical and Radio Observations of Large Scale Magnetic Fields on the Sun
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 43: Solar Magnetic Fields , 1971 , pp. 595 - 608
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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