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Topological Features in the Emerging Solar Magnetic Flux

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2024

Ilan Roth*
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Abstract

The formation of highly structured, spatially localized complex structures during solar flux emergence facilitates adaptation of topological methods, extending the research of emerging macroscopic MHD fluxes into knots, links and braids. Combining mathematical considerations, remote images and in situ satellite observations at solar vicinity, we construct new characteristics of those braided/knotted magnetic structures, applying Braid and Knot Theory to physical configurations, deducing their topological invariants, constraining the evolution and stability while delineating the relaxation path to magnetized equilibria.

Type
Poster Paper
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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