Magnetic Topology of Coronal Hole Linkages

Titov, V. S., Z. Mikić, J. A. Linker, R. Lionello, and S. K. Antiochos, Magnetic Topology of Coronal Hole Linkages, ApJ, 731, 111 (2011) (ADS)

The cartoon

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A second introduction to the S-web scenario that describes how the complex low-coronal magnetic field unravels itself into the globally simple heliospheric field, well represented by the Parker spiral. The paper gives a full topological description of the various patterns of field-line connection, and the emphasis in this cartoon is the possibility of the "pseudo-streamer" geometry.

Date: 2020 March 15