VECTOR MAGNETIC FIELDS AND CURRENT HELICITIES IN CORONAL HOLES AND QUIET REGIONS
- Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012 (China)
In the solar photosphere, many properties of coronal holes (CHs) are not known, especially vector magnetic fields. Using observations from Hinode, we investigate vector magnetic fields, current densities, and current helicities in two CHs, and compare them with two normal quiet regions (QRs) for the first time. We find that the areas where large current helicities are located are mainly co-spatial with strong vertical and horizontal field elements both in shape and in location. In the CHs, horizontal magnetic fields, inclination angles, current densities, and current helicities are larger than those in the QRs. The mean vertical current density and current helicity in the CHs and QRs, averaged over all the observed areas including the CHs and QRs, are approximately 0.008 A m{sup -2} and 0.005 G{sup 2} m{sup -1}, respectively. The mean current density in magnetic flux concentrations where the vertical fields are stronger than 100 G is as large as 0.012 {+-} 0.001 A m{sup -2}, consistent with that in the flare productive active regions. Our results imply that the magnetic fields, especially the strong fields, both in the CHs and in the QRs are nonpotential.
- OSTI ID:
- 21567700
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 726, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/726/1/49; ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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