The quasi-stationary and transient states of the solar wind

Details The quasi-stationary and transient states of the solar wind The quasi-stationary and transient states of the solar wind

Apr 1991

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Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 252, April 19, 1991, p. 404-409.

Physics

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Quasi-Steady States, Solar Corona, Solar Wind, Transient Response, Acceleration (Physics), Convection, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Heating, Supersonic Flow

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While the last 30 years' probing of the transient and quasi-stationary states of the solar wind by interplanetary spacecraft have yielded a clear differentiation of the physical properties of the two types of wind, the processes involved in their acceleration remains unclear; neither is the coronal heating mechanism implicated in the solar wind's existence entirely clear. Attention is presently given to recent evidence for a connection between heating and acceleration mechanisms. The transient wind undergoes greater expansion between the sun and 1 AU than the quasi-stationary wind. The quasi-stationary wind is driven by energy and momentum that arise from solar convection and are carried throughout a region that extends from the base of the corona to beyond the critical point at which the flow becomes supersonic.

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