Theory of magnetic connectivity in the solar corona
Titov, Vyacheslav S., Gunnar Hornig, and Pascal Démoulin, Theory of magnetic connectivity in the solar corona, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 107, 1164 (2002) (ADS)
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Often one meets an acronym on a cartoon legend that is vaguely familiar and
possibly important, such as HFT.
This stands for "Hyperbolic Flux Tube," and for a simple quadrupole
configuration, it is the union of two QSLs.
For reasons not clearly explained in terms of microphysics, the HFT is the
likeliest place for magnetic reconnection.
Note that the Archivist can make neither head nor tail of this diagram.
Good luck!
For a much mellower cartoon involving an HFT, please see the
Janvier cartoon.
Often one meets an acronym on a cartoon legend that is vaguely familiar and possibly important, such as HFT. This stands for "Hyperbolic Flux Tube," and for a simple quadrupole configuration, it is the union of two QSLs. For reasons not clearly explained in terms of microphysics, the HFT is the likeliest place for magnetic reconnection. Note that the Archivist can make neither head nor tail of this diagram. Good luck! For a much mellower cartoon involving an HFT, please see the Janvier cartoon.