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Coronal Loop Mapping to Infer the Best Magnetic Field Models for Active Region Prominences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

G. Allen Gary
Affiliation:
Center of Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA email: gag0002@uah.edu, qh0002@uah.edu
Qiang Hu
Affiliation:
Center of Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA email: gag0002@uah.edu, qh0002@uah.edu
Jong Kwan Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA email: leej@bgsu.edu
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Abstract

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This article comments on the results of a new, rapid, and flexible manual method to map on-disk individual coronal loops of a two-dimensional EUV image into the three-dimensional coronal loops. The method by Gary, Hu, and Lee (2013) employs cubic Bézier splines to map coronal loops using only four free parameters per loop. A set of 2D splines for coronal loops is transformed to the best 3D pseudo-magnetic field lines for a particular coronal model. The results restrict the magnetic field models derived from extrapolations of magnetograms to those admissible and inadmissible via a fitness parameter. This method uses the minimization of the misalignment angles between the magnetic field model and the best set of 3D field lines that match a set of closed coronal loops. We comment on the implication of the fitness parameter in connection with the magnetic free energy and comment on extensions of our earlier work by considering the issues of employing open coronal loops or employing partial coronal loop.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

References

Gary, G. A., Hu, Q., & Lee, J. K. 2013, Solar Physics, August 2013 (on line), DOI: 10.1007/s11207-013-0359-8.Google Scholar