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Magnetic Fields Associated with Solar Flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Earle B. Mayfield
Earle B. Mayfield*
Affiliation:
San Fernando Observatory, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif., 90045, U.S.A.

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An investigation of strong magnetic fields associated with flares was made with the 61 cm vacuum telescope and spectroheliograph at the San Fernando Observatory. Magnetograms of the longitudinal component of the field were made daily during the period of September 25–29, 1969. Observations were also made during this same period of the enhanced radio emission at 3.3 mm wavelength. On September 27 an importance class 3 or 4 flare occurred in the region studied. Total magnetic flux was determined for September 25, 26, 28 and 29 for the region which included the flare. In an area of about 190 arc s by 250 arc s the flux values for these dates were respectively 2.4, 2.5, 2.2 and 2.8 × 1022 Mx. Following the flare of September 27 the flux decreased significantly. Magnetic energy change in the region of the flare can be determined if an appropriate height is known. Following Howard and Severny (Astrophys. J. 137, 1242, 1963) a height of 109 cm was used. This yields a value of 5 × 1031 ergs for the decrease of magnetic energy in the longitudinal component of the field.

Type
Part IV: Observations of Magnetic Fields Associated with Flares and Other Transitory Phenomena
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 43: Solar Magnetic Fields , 1971 , pp. 376 - 389
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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