The evolution of twisted coronal loops |
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Authors: | J. A. Robertson A. W. Hood R. M. Lothian |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, The University, KY16 9SS St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
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Abstract: | The evolution of coronal loops in response to slow photospheric twisting motions is investigated using a variety of methods. Firstly, by solving the time-dependent equations it is shown that the field essentially evolves through a sequence of 2-D equilibria with no evidence of rapid dynamic evolution. Secondly, a sequence of 1-D equilibria are shown to provide a remarkably good approximation to the 2-D time-dependent results using a fraction of the computer time. Thus, a substantial investigation of parameter space is now possible. Finally, simple bounds on the 3-D stability of coronal loops are obtained. Exact stability bounds can be found by using these bounds to reduce the region of parameter space requiring further investigation. Twisting the loop too much shows that a 3-D instability must be triggered. |
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