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Structure and evolution of magnetic network features

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Magnetogram series, obtained with the 512-diode-array magnetograph at KPNO, are used to investigate several properties of magnetic flux tubes in the solar atmosphere. Average size, lifetime and inclination of the flux elements are determined. Further we discuss the question, how magnetic flux appears and disappears on the solar surface. At last it is investigated, if our observational results are consistent with Piddington's ‘flux-rope-fibre theory’ of solar magnetism.

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    N. Kömle

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Kömle, N. Structure and evolution of magnetic network features. Sol Phys 64, 213–221 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151432

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