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The magnetohydrostatic theory of a twisted magnetic flux tube (rope) immersed in a realistic solar atmosphere is presented in a closed analytical form for the first time. General formulas that allow the equilibrium plasma density, pressure, and temperature distributions inside an axisymmetric vertical flux tube to be calculated from its magnetic structure, which is assumed to be known (fixed), have been derived. An analytical model of the external hydrostatic medium free of a magnetic field, the solar atmosphere, where the temperature profile of the semi-empirical tabulated Avrett-Loeser model is used, has been constructed. The distribution of plasma parameters in a twisted magnetic flux tube at small deviations of its internal magnetic structure from the force-free one has been calculated as an example of applying the general theoretical formulas. Since the tube cross section does not change with height, the constructed model can be applied to describe the vertical parts of coronal loops. It has been found that the plasma density in the magnetic flux tube rises when the field twisting exceeds the force-free level and falls with decreasing field twisting compared to the force-free level. This property of a twisted magnetic flux tube is of fundamental importance for justifying the mechanism of flare energy release in magnetic flux ropes. A model of a flare in a ring chromospheric configuration is considered.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Solov’ev, E.A. Kirichek, 2015, published in Pis’ma v Astronomicheskiĭ Zhurnal, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 234–247.
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Solov’ev, A.A., Kirichek, E.A. Magnetohydrostatics of a vertical flux tube in the solar atmosphere: Coronal loops, a model of a ring flare filament. Astron. Lett. 41, 211–224 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063773715050072
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