ACE/SWICS Observations of Heavy Ion Dropouts within the Solar Wind
dc.contributor.author | Weberg, Micah J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zurbuchen, Thomas H. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lepri, Susan T. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-28T15:25:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-28T15:25:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Weberg, Micah J.; Zurbuchen, Thomas H.; Lepri, Susan T. (2012). "ACE/SWICS Observations of Heavy Ion Dropouts within the Solar Wind." The Astrophysical Journal 760(1): 30. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98580> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/760/i=1/a=30 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98580 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present the first in situ observations of heavy ion dropouts within the slow solar wind, observed for select elements ranging from helium to iron. For iron, these dropouts manifest themselves as depletions of the Fe/H ratio by factors up to ~25. The events often exhibit mass-dependent fractionation and are contained in slow, unsteady wind found within a few days from known stream interfaces. We propose that such dropouts are evidence of gravitational settling within large coronal loops, which later undergo interchange reconnection and become source regions of slow, unsteady wind. Previously, spectroscopic studies by Raymond et al. in 1997 (and later Feldman et al. in 1999) have yielded strong evidence for gravitational settling within these loops. However, their expected in situ signature plasma with heavy elements fractionated by mass was not observed prior to this study. Using data from the SWICS instrument on board the Advanced Composition Explorer ( ACE ), we investigate the composition of the solar wind within these dropouts and explore long term trends over most of a solar cycle. | en_US |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en_US |
dc.title | ACE/SWICS Observations of Heavy Ion Dropouts within 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/2027.42/98580/1/0004-637X_760_1_30.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/30 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | The Astrophysical Journal | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Physics, Department of |
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