Origin of the Solar Wind: Theory
dc.contributor.author | Schwadron, Nathan A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fisk, Lennard A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T13:51:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T13:51:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Fisk, L.A.; Schwadron, N.A.; (2001). "Origin of the Solar Wind: Theory." Space Science Reviews 97 (1-4): 33-33. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43804> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1572-9672 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-6308 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43804 | |
dc.description.abstract | A theory is presented for the origin of the solar wind, which is based on the behavior of the magnetic field of the Sun. The magnetic field of the Sun can be considered as having two distinct components: Open magnetic flux in which the field lines remain attached to the Sun and are dragged outward into the heliosphere with the solar wind. Closed magnetic flux in which the field remains entirely attached to the Sun, and forms loops and active regions in the solar corona. It is argued that the total open flux should tend to be constant in time, since it can be destroyed only if open flux of opposite polarity reconnect, a process that may be unlikely since the open flux is ordered into large-scale regions of uniform polarity. The behavior of open flux is thus governed by its motion on the solar surface. The motion may be due primarily to a diffusive process that results from open field lines reconnecting with randomly oriented closed loops, and also due to the usual convective motions on the solar surface such as differential rotation. The diffusion process needs to be described by a diffusion equation appropriate for transport by an external medium, which is different from the usual diffusion coefficient used in energetic particle transport. The loops required for the diffusion have been identified in recent observations of the Sun, and have properties, both in size and composition, consistent with their use in the model. The diffusive process, in which reconnection occurs between open field lines and loops, is responsible for the input of mass and energy into the solar wind. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences | en_US |
dc.title | Origin of the Solar Wind: Theory | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Aerospace Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI , 48109-2143, U.S.A | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI , 48109-2143, U.S.A | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43804/1/11214_2004_Article_338798.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1011805606787 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Space Science Reviews | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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