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At times of minimum solar activity there are just a few such isolated loop systems, but as the sunspot cycle approaches its maximum (as at present!) the corona becomes filled with numerous overlying and interacting arcades. This is a signal that the Sun’s field can no longer be represented as a simple dipole.
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