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INFERENCES ON CORONAL MAGNETIC FIELDS FROM SOHO UVCS OBSERVATIONS

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The characteristics of the magnetic field ubiquitously permeating the coronal plasma are still largely unknown. In this paper we analyze some aspects of coronal physics, related to the magnetic field behavior, which forthcoming SOHO UVCS observations can help better understand. To this end, three coronal structures will be examined: streamers, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and coronal holes.

As to streamers and CMEs, we show, via simulations of the Ly-α and white-light emission from these objects, calculated on the basis of recent theoretical models (Wang et al., 1995), how new data from SOHO can help in advancing our knowledge of the streamer/CME magnetic configuration. Our discussion highlights also those observational signatures which might offer clues on reconnection processes in streamers' current sheets.

Coronal holes (CHs) are discussed in the last section of the paper. Little is known about CH flux tube geometry, which is closely related to the behavior of the solar wind at small heliocentric distances.

Indirect evidence for the flux tube spreading factors, within a few solar radii, is here examined.

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  1. Osservatorio Astrofisica di Arcetri, 50125, Firenze, Italy

    G. Poletto

  2. Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza della Spazio, Università di Firenze, Italy

    M. Romoli

  3. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, SSL/ES82, Huntsville, AL, 35812, U.S.A

    S. T. Suess

  4. Center for Space Plasma and Aeoronomic Research, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, 35812, U.S.A

    A. H. Wang & S. T. Wu

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Poletto, G., Romoli, M., Suess, S.T. et al. INFERENCES ON CORONAL MAGNETIC FIELDS FROM SOHO UVCS OBSERVATIONS. Solar Physics 174, 53–63 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004939308866

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