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We discuss the winding of a force-free axisymmetric magnetic field rooted on a heavy conductor onz=0. In quadrupolar symmetry the field expands in the half-spacez>0 and the toroidal flux concentrates on a conical surface. After a mean twist of 208°, the conical layer hosts large toroidal current loops with reversal of the magnetic flux on either side. The evolution of the field structure is described by scale-free static solutionsB∼r −(p+2), withp taking values between 0 and 2. The large expansion factor of the field structure is suggestive of flaring originating on the solar photosphere.
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Boily, C.M., Lynden-Bell, D. Wound magnetostatics and flaring. Astrophys Space Sci 243, 29–32 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00644029
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00644029