The
pipe dream:
3D
deconvolution of coronal fields
• Radio images at a single frequency give us two-dimensional information, but no height information
•
• Different frequencies refer to different
layers of constant magnetic field: multiple
frequencies therefore reveal different heights
(peel away layers), but the scale is not measured
•
• Can in principle use div.B = 0 but we
do not measure field direction (although information from comparing x and
o from same layer?) and we do not measure weak fields, so we cannot solve this problem with radio data alone (?)
•
• But in conjunction
with extrapolations, which also have their own limitations, progress may be
possible