Solar Atmospheric Magnetic Energy Coupling: Broad Plasma Conditions and Spectrum Regimes
arXiv:1601.02986 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/257
Abstract
Solar variability investigations that include magnetic energy coupling are paramount to solving many key solar/stellar physics problems, particularly for understanding the temporal variability of magnetic energy redistribution and heating processes. Using three years of observations from the {\it Solar Dynamics Observatory's} Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and Heliosemic Magnetic Imager; radiative and magnetic fluxes were measured from gross features and at full-disk scales, respectively. Magnetic energy coupling analyses support radiative flux descriptions via a plasma heating connectivity of dominant (magnetic) and diffuse components, specifically of the predominantly closed field corona. Our work shows that this relationship favors an energetic redistribution efficiency across large temperature gradients, and potentially sheds light on the long withstanding issue of diffuse unresolved low corona emission. The intimacy of magnetic energy redistribution and plasma conditions revealed by this work holds significant insight for the field of stellar physics, as we have provided possible means for probing distant sources in currently limited and/or undetectable radiation distributions.
14 pages, 6 figures
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