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We present here a model, based on observations, for the magnetic-field equilibrium of a cool coronal loop. The pressure structure, taken from the Harvard/Skylab EUV data, is used to modify the usual force-free-field form in quasi-cylindrical symmetry. The resulting field, which has the same direction but different strength, is calculated and its variation displayed. Finally, localized interchange stability is evaluated and discussed, as the first step in a subsequent complete magnetohydrodynamic-stability analysis.
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Chiuderi, C., Giachetti, R. & Van Hoven, G. The structure of coronal magnetic loops. Sol Phys 54, 107–122 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146427
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