Abstract
In the solar atmosphere, the twist parameter α has the same sign as magnetic helicity. It has been observed using photospheric vector magnetograms that negative/positive helicity is dominant in the northern/southern hemisphere of the Sun. Chromospheric features show dextral/sinistral dominance in the northern/ southern hemisphere and sigmoids observed in X-rays also have a dominant sense of reverse-S/forward-S in the northern/southern hemisphere. It is of interest whether individual features have one-to-one correspondence in terms of helicity at different atmospheric heights. We use UBF Hα images from the Dunn Solar Telescope (DST) and other Hα data from Udaipur Solar Observatory and Big Bear Solar Observatory. Near-simultaneous vector magnetograms from the DST are used to establish one-to-one correspondence of helicity at photospheric and chromospheric heights. We plan to extend this investigation with more data including coronal intensities.
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Tiwari, S.K., Venkatakrishnan, P., Sankarasubramanian, K. (2010). Helicity at Photospheric and Chromospheric Heights. In: Hasan, S., Rutten, R. (eds) Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02859-5_52
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