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标题：Guided flows in coronal magnetic flux tubes ⋆
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作者：A. Petralia ; F. Reale ; P. Testa 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2018
卷号：609
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201731827
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：Context.There is evidence that coronal plasma flows break down into fragments and become laminar.Aims.We investigate this effect by modelling flows confined along magnetic channels.Methods.We consider a full magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model of a solar atmosphere box with a dipole magnetic field. We compare the propagation of a cylindrical flow perfectly aligned with the field to that of another flow with a slight misalignment. We assume a flow speed of 200 km s-1and an ambient magnetic field of 30 G.Results.We find that although the aligned flow maintains its cylindrical symmetry while it travels along the magnetic tube, the misaligned one is rapidly squashed on one side, becoming laminar and eventually fragmented because of the interaction and back-reaction of the magnetic field. This model could explain an observation made by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory of erupted fragments that fall back onto the solar surface as thin and elongated strands and end up in a hedge-like configuration.Conclusions.The initial alignment of plasma flow plays an important role in determining the possible laminar structure and fragmentation of flows while they travel along magnetic channels.
关键词：enmagnetohydrodynamics (MHD)Sun: activitySun: corona