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- Page 16 and 17: 4troscopy to determine the thermal
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44expansion that matches the true f
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46Q m,xx = 1 3 Φ(x2 1 + x 2 2 + x
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48with reference to the previously
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50Figure 3.2: Same as Figure 3.1, b
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52MDI 6 Apr 2004, 12:51 UT-120-140-
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54MDI 6 Apr 2004, 12:51 UT-120-140-
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56CHAPTER 4SIGNATURES OF MAGNETIC S
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58Current Corona model (MCC; Longco
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60changes and rotations of sun spot
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62lifetime. For this study, we chos
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64Table 4.1: Flare properties.Flare
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66In order to make the connection b
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68the uncertainty in the locations
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70To do this, we measured the flux,
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72Table 4.2: Values of the separato
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74the second largest 〈E b 〉.In
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76a major flare is likely to occur.
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78with a magnetic charge topology (
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80changes in the active region sepa
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82they occur where and when they do
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84Des Jardins, A. C., R. C. Canfiel
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86D. Amato, L. Orwig, R. Boyle, I.
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88Wang, J., Z. Shi, H. Wang, and Y.