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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 634, Issue 2, Pages 1395-1404Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/491641
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MHD; Sun : activity; Sun : magnetic fields; Sun : prominences
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To investigate the hypothesis that prominences form by magnetic reconnection between initially distinct flux systems in the solar corona, we simulate coronal magnetic field evolution when two flux systems are driven together by boundary motions. In particular, we focus on configurations similar to those in the quiescent prominence formation model of Martens & Zwaan. We find that reconnection proceeds very weakly, if at all, in configurations driven with global shear flows ( i.e., differential rotation); reconnection proceeds much more efficiently in similar configurations that are driven to collide directly, with converging motions along the neutral line that lead to flux cancellation; reconnected fields from this process can exhibit sheared, dipped field lines along the neutral line, consistent with prominence observations. Our field configurations do not possess the breakout'' topology, and eruptions are not observed, even though a substantial amount of flux is canceled in some runs.
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