Carbon Ionization Stages as a Diagnostic of the Solar Wind
dc.contributor.author | Landi, Enrico | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Alexander, R. L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gruesbeck, J. R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, J. A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lepri, Susan T. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Manchester, Ward B. IV | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zurbuchen, Thomas H. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-28T15:25:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-28T15:25:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Landi, Enrico; Alexander, R. L.; Gruesbeck, J. R.; Gilbert, J. A.; Lepri, Susan T.; Manchester, Ward B. IV; Zurbuchen, Thomas H. (2012). "Carbon Ionization Stages as a Diagnostic of the Solar Wind." The Astrophysical Journal 744(2): 100. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98573> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/744/i=2/a=100 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98573 | |
dc.description.abstract | Oxygen charge states measured by in situ instrumentation have long been used as a powerful diagnostic of the solar corona and to discriminate between different solar wind regimes, both because they freeze in very close to the Sun, and because the oxygen element abundance is comparatively high, allowing for statistically relevant measures. Like oxygen, carbon is also rather abundant and freezes in very close to the Sun. Here, we show an analysis of carbon and oxygen ionic charge states. First, through auditory and Fourier analysis of in situ measurements of solar wind ion composition by ACE /SWICS we show that some carbon ion ratios are very sensitive to solar wind type, even more sensitive than the commonly used oxygen ion ratios. Then we study the evolution of the ionization states of carbon and oxygen by means of a freeze-in code, and find that carbon ions, commonly found in the solar wind, freeze in at comparable coronal distances, while oxygen ions evolve over a much larger range of coronal distances. Finally, we show that carbon and oxygen ion abundance ratios have similar sensitivity to the electron plasma temperature, but the carbon ratios are more robust against atomic physics uncertainties and a better indicator of the temperature of the solar wind source regions. | en_US |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_US |
dc.title | Carbon Ionization Stages as a Diagnostic of the Solar Wind | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/98573/1/0004-637X_744_2_100.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/100 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | The Astrophysical Journal | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Physics, Department of |
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