The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region

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Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio; Démoulin, Pascal; Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse; van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia
Año de publicación
2000
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We describe the long-term evolution of a bipolar non-Hale active region that was observed from 1995 October to 1996 January. During these four solar rotations the sunspots and subsequent flux concentrations, during the decay phase of the region, were observed to move in such a way that by December their orientation conformed to the Hale-Nicholson polarity law. The sigmoidal shape of the observed soft X-ray coronal loops allows us to determine the sense of the twist in the magnetic configuration. This sense is confirmed by extrapolating the observed photospheric magnetic field, using a linear force-free approach, and comparing the shape of computed field lines with the observed coronal loops. This sense of twist agrees with that of the dominant helicity in the solar hemisphere where the region lies, as well as with the evolution observed in the longitudinal magnetogram during the first rotation. At first sight the relative motions of the spots may be misinterpreted as the rising of an Omega loop deformed by a kink instability, but we deduce from the sense of their relative displacements a handedness for the flux-tube axis (writhe) that is opposite to that of the twist in the coronal loops and, therefore, to what is expected for a kink-unstable flux tube. After excluding the kink instability, we interpret our observations in terms of a magnetic flux tube deformed by external motions while rising through the convective zone. We compare our results with those of other related studies, and we discuss, in particular, whether the kink instability is relevant to explain the peculiar evolution of some active regions.
Fil: Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Démoulin, Pascal. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Observatoire de Paris; Francia
Fil: Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Observatoire de Paris; Francia
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spelling The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active RegionLopez Fuentes, Marcelo ClaudioDémoulin, PascalMandrini, Cristina Hemilsevan Driel Gesztelyi, LidiaSOLAR ACTIVITYSOLAR CORONASOLAR INTERIORSOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We describe the long-term evolution of a bipolar non-Hale active region that was observed from 1995 October to 1996 January. During these four solar rotations the sunspots and subsequent flux concentrations, during the decay phase of the region, were observed to move in such a way that by December their orientation conformed to the Hale-Nicholson polarity law. The sigmoidal shape of the observed soft X-ray coronal loops allows us to determine the sense of the twist in the magnetic configuration. This sense is confirmed by extrapolating the observed photospheric magnetic field, using a linear force-free approach, and comparing the shape of computed field lines with the observed coronal loops. This sense of twist agrees with that of the dominant helicity in the solar hemisphere where the region lies, as well as with the evolution observed in the longitudinal magnetogram during the first rotation. At first sight the relative motions of the spots may be misinterpreted as the rising of an Omega loop deformed by a kink instability, but we deduce from the sense of their relative displacements a handedness for the flux-tube axis (writhe) that is opposite to that of the twist in the coronal loops and, therefore, to what is expected for a kink-unstable flux tube. After excluding the kink instability, we interpret our observations in terms of a magnetic flux tube deformed by external motions while rising through the convective zone. We compare our results with those of other related studies, and we discuss, in particular, whether the kink instability is relevant to explain the peculiar evolution of some active regions.Fil: Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Démoulin, Pascal. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Observatoire de Paris; FranciaFil: Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Observatoire de Paris; FranciaIOP Publishing2000-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/22634Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio; Démoulin, Pascal; Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse; van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia; The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region; IOP Publishing; Astrophysical Journal; 544; 1; 11-2000; 540-5490004-637XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.1456info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/317180info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1086/317180info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T15:33:31Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/22634instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 15:33:31.853CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
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title The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
spellingShingle The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR CORONA
SOLAR INTERIOR
SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS
title_short The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
title_full The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
title_fullStr The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
title_full_unstemmed The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
title_sort The Counterkink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio
Démoulin, Pascal
Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse
van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia
author Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio
author_facet Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio
Démoulin, Pascal
Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse
van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia
author_role author
author2 Démoulin, Pascal
Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse
van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR CORONA
SOLAR INTERIOR
SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS
topic SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR CORONA
SOLAR INTERIOR
SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We describe the long-term evolution of a bipolar non-Hale active region that was observed from 1995 October to 1996 January. During these four solar rotations the sunspots and subsequent flux concentrations, during the decay phase of the region, were observed to move in such a way that by December their orientation conformed to the Hale-Nicholson polarity law. The sigmoidal shape of the observed soft X-ray coronal loops allows us to determine the sense of the twist in the magnetic configuration. This sense is confirmed by extrapolating the observed photospheric magnetic field, using a linear force-free approach, and comparing the shape of computed field lines with the observed coronal loops. This sense of twist agrees with that of the dominant helicity in the solar hemisphere where the region lies, as well as with the evolution observed in the longitudinal magnetogram during the first rotation. At first sight the relative motions of the spots may be misinterpreted as the rising of an Omega loop deformed by a kink instability, but we deduce from the sense of their relative displacements a handedness for the flux-tube axis (writhe) that is opposite to that of the twist in the coronal loops and, therefore, to what is expected for a kink-unstable flux tube. After excluding the kink instability, we interpret our observations in terms of a magnetic flux tube deformed by external motions while rising through the convective zone. We compare our results with those of other related studies, and we discuss, in particular, whether the kink instability is relevant to explain the peculiar evolution of some active regions.
Fil: Lopez Fuentes, Marcelo Claudio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Démoulin, Pascal. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Observatoire de Paris; Francia
Fil: Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: van Driel Gesztelyi, Lidia. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Observatoire de Paris; Francia
description We describe the long-term evolution of a bipolar non-Hale active region that was observed from 1995 October to 1996 January. During these four solar rotations the sunspots and subsequent flux concentrations, during the decay phase of the region, were observed to move in such a way that by December their orientation conformed to the Hale-Nicholson polarity law. The sigmoidal shape of the observed soft X-ray coronal loops allows us to determine the sense of the twist in the magnetic configuration. This sense is confirmed by extrapolating the observed photospheric magnetic field, using a linear force-free approach, and comparing the shape of computed field lines with the observed coronal loops. This sense of twist agrees with that of the dominant helicity in the solar hemisphere where the region lies, as well as with the evolution observed in the longitudinal magnetogram during the first rotation. At first sight the relative motions of the spots may be misinterpreted as the rising of an Omega loop deformed by a kink instability, but we deduce from the sense of their relative displacements a handedness for the flux-tube axis (writhe) that is opposite to that of the twist in the coronal loops and, therefore, to what is expected for a kink-unstable flux tube. After excluding the kink instability, we interpret our observations in terms of a magnetic flux tube deformed by external motions while rising through the convective zone. We compare our results with those of other related studies, and we discuss, in particular, whether the kink instability is relevant to explain the peculiar evolution of some active regions.
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