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Coronal magnetic structure at a solar sector boundary

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The persistent large-scale coronal magnetic structure associated with a sector boundary appears to consist of a magnetic arcade loop structure extending from one solar polar region to the other in approximately the north-south direction. This structure was inferred from computed coronal magnetic field maps for days on which a stable magnetic sector boundary was near central meridian, based on an interplanetary sector boundary observed to recur during much of 1968 and 1969.

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  1. Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, Calif., U.S.A.

    John M. Wilcox & Leif Svalgaard

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Wilcox, J.M., Svalgaard, L. Coronal magnetic structure at a solar sector boundary. Sol Phys 34, 461–470 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153682

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