Coronal Magnetometry

• Auteur principal: Laurel A. Rachmeler (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Sarah E. Gibson (auth), Stephen M. White (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Astronomy, space & time; solar corona; Solar Activity; magnetohydrodynamics; solar flares; Coronal mass ejections; Magnetic Fields; spectropolarimetry; Sun
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Magnetism defines the complex and dynamic solar corona. It determines the magnetic loop structure that dominates images of the corona, and stores the energy necessary to drive coronal eruptive phenomena and flare explosions. At great heights the corona transitions into the ever-outflowing solar wind...