Three-dimensional structures of magnetostatic atmospheres. VI - Examples of coupled electric current systems

Abstract

Exact solutions are presented which describe the static equilibrium of atmospheres stratified by a uniform gravity, in the presence of magnetic fields lying in parallel vertical planes. These equilibrium states are composed of different, highly varied structures in these planes stacked together in global equilibrium. They serve as simple models of three-dimensional, prominence-like condensations in the solar atmosphere, and, in the main theme of this series of papers, as illustrative examples of equilibrium states with coupled cross-field and field-aligned electric current systems. The preceding paper in this series has pointed out that such equilibrium states are a distinct class of their own