Discrete sources of the solar wind: observability with Solar Probe

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Jan 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997aipc..385..235m&link_type=abstract

Scientific basis for robotic exploration close to the sun. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 385, pp. 235-242 (1997).

Physics

Particle Emission, Solar Wind, Solar Instruments

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There is observational evidence that X-ray bright points act as discrete sources of solar wind: theoretical ideas suggest that the discrete sources are in the form of magnetic plasmoids with dimensions of order 10 Mm. If the corona is heated by nanoflare events, the magnetic reconnection process which is at the heart of a nanoflare may also create magnetic plasmoids which supply mass to the solar wind in discrete events: plasmoids from nanoflares are expected to have dimensions of a few hundred km. Estimates of the properties of the plasmoids suggest that they will preserve their identity long enough to be detectable by plasma instruments on board a Solar Probe which penetrates in to 4Rsolar. Photons from individual nanoflares should also be identifiable at closest approach.

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