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Coronal Magnetic Field Structure and Evolution for Flaring AR 11117 and Its Surroundings

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In this study, photospheric vector magnetograms obtained with the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) survey are used as boundary conditions to model three-dimensional nonlinear force-free (NLFF) coronal magnetic fields as a sequence of NLFF equilibria in spherical geometry. We study the coronal magnetic field structure inside an active region and its temporal evolution. We compare the magnetic field configuration obtained from NLFF extrapolation before and after the flaring event in active region (AR) 11117 and its surroundings observed on 27 October 2010, and we also compare the magnetic field topologies and the magnetic energy densities and study the connectivities between AR 11117 and its surroundings. During the investigated time period, we estimate the change in free magnetic energy from before to after the flare to be 1.74×1032 erg, which represents about 13.5 % of the NLFF magnetic energy before the flare. In this study, we find that electric currents from AR 11117 to its surroundings were disrupted after the flare.

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SOLIS/VSM vector magnetograms are produced cooperatively by NSF/NSO and NASA/LWS. The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. Tilaye Tadesse Asfaw acknowledges a fellowship of the International Max-Planck Research School at the Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research. The work of T. Wiegelmann was supported by DLR-grant 50 OC 0501.

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Tadesse, T., Wiegelmann, T., Inhester, B. et al. Coronal Magnetic Field Structure and Evolution for Flaring AR 11117 and Its Surroundings. Sol Phys 281, 53–65 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-012-9961-4

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