On the three-dimensional structure of the solar magnetic field in interplanetary space
โ Scribed by Osamu Kaburaki; Yuzuru Yoshii
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 487 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0938
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โฆ Synopsis
The three-dimensional structure of the solar magnetic field in the interplanetary space is inferred from a theoretical point of view. We use the magnetic field produced by a magnetic dipole rotating obliquely in vacuum. The correction for the presence of a plasma surrounding the Sun is taken into account in terms of a phenomenological approximation.
Our method well reproduces the basic features of the 'polarity-reversal-surface' (the 'neutral sheet' in the two-hemisphere model by Saito ( 1975)) obtained on the basis of observational data, i.e. the snail-shell like structure and variation of its precise shape in accordance with the solar cycle, except for the folding of the surface.
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