Magnetic Helicity Budget of Solar-Active Regions from the Photosphere to Magnetic Clouds |
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Authors: | C.H. Mandrini P. Démoulin L. Van Driel-Gesztelyi L. Van Driel-Gesztelyi L. Van Driel-Gesztelyi L. L.M. Van Driel-Gesztelyi M.C. López Fuentes |
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Affiliation: | 1. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, IAFE, CC. 67 Suc. 28, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2. Observatoire de Paris, section Meudon, LESIA (CNRS), F-92195, Meudon Principal, Cedex, France 3. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College, London, UK 4. Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium 5. Konkoly Observatory, Hungary 6. Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7675, Washington, DC, 20375-5352, USA
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Abstract: | We have analyzed the long-term evolution of two active regions (ARs) from their emergence through their decay using observations from several instruments on board SoHO (MDI, EIT and LASCO) and Yohkoh/SXT. We have computed the evolution of the relative coronal magnetic helicity combining data from MDI and SXT with a linear force-free model of the coronal magnetic field. Next, we have computed the injection of helicity by surface differential rotation using MDI magnetic maps. To estimate the depletion of helicity we have counted all the CMEs of which these ARs have been the source, and we have evaluated their magnetic helicity assuming a one to one correspondence with magnetic clouds with an average helicity contain. When these three values (variation of coronal magnetic helicity, injection by differential rotation and ejection via CMEs) are compared, we find that surface differential rotation is a minor contributor to the helicity budget since CMEs carry away at least 10 times more helicity than the one differential rotation can provide. Therefore, the magnetic helicity flux needed in the global balance should come from localized photospheric motions that, at least partially, reflect the emergence of twisted flux tubes. We estimate that the total helicity carried away in CMEs can be provided by the end-to-end helicity of the flux tubes forming these ARs. Therefore, we conclude that most of the helicity ejected in CMEs is generated below the photosphere and emerges with the magnetic flux. |
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