Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002georl..29i..66z&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Issue 9, pp. 66-1, CiteID 1352, DOI 10.1029/2001GL013946
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Interplanetary Physics: Solar Cycle Variations (7536), Interplanetary Physics: Sources Of The Solar Wind, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Solar Activity Cycle (2162)
Scientific paper
Variations in the speed and elemental and ionic charge composition of the solar wind are reported throughout the solar cycle, as observed by the SWICS instrument on Ulysses. The apparent bimodal nature of the solar wind during the solar minimum does not persist throughout the solar cycle. Rather, with increasing solar activity, a continuum of solar wind speeds and charge states is observed. The exception is the elemental composition which is noticeably less enhanced in elements with low first ionization potential (FIP) in material from coronal holes throughout the solar cycle. These observations are consistent with theories in which the solar wind originates from coronal loops that reconnect with open magnetic field lines.
Fisk Len A.
Gloeckler George
von Steiger Rudolf
Zurbuchen Thomas H.
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