Limitations of force-free magnetic field extrapolations: Revisiting basic assumptions

2015/10/15 by H. Peter, J. Warnecke, L. P. Chitta +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Corona (planetary geology) #Dipole model of the Earth's magnetic field #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #Field (mathematics) #Interplanetary magnetic field #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #L-shell #Magnetic field #Mercury's magnetic field #Nanoflares #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar physics #Surface (topology) #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527057

published as A&A 584, A68 (2015) · Accepted for publication in A&A (Oct.14,2015), 8 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2015/10/15 · openalex publication_date 2015/10/26 · arxiv updated 2015/11/25 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Force-free extrapolations are widely used to study the magnetic field in the solar corona based on surface measurements.

Citations

• HEATING OF THE SOLAR CHROMOSPHERE AND CORONA BY ALFVÉN WAVE TURBULENCE
• The Magnetic Field in the Solar Atmosphere
• Plasma Beta above a Solar Active Region: Rethinking the Paradigm
• Nonlinear Force-Free Modeling of Coronal Magnetic Fields Part I: A Quantitative Comparison of Methods

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