Bibcode
Solanki, S. K.; Lagg, A.; Woch, J.; Krupp, N.; Landi Degl'Innocenti, E.; Collados, M.
Referencia bibliográfica
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2003, abstract #SH41D-05
Fecha de publicación:
12
2003
Número de citas
0
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Descripción
The measurement of coronal fields has in the past generally been
restricted to the field strength or to only some of the components of
the magnetic vector. We present here a technique for measuring the full
magnetic vector near the base of the solar corona. As an application we
report on observations of a developing active region with ongoing
magnetic flux emergence. The data allow the first measurement of the 3-D
structure of magnetic loops. They also provide the first detection of an
electric current sheet located near the base of the solar corona. Such
current sheets or tangential discontinuities of the coronal magnetic
field have long been thought to be a major source of coronal heating.