Sources of the solar wind - What are the smallest-scale structures?

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Jun 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990a%26a...232..520m&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 232, no. 2, June 1990, p. 520-535.

Physics

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Solar Magnetic Field, Solar Wind, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasmas (Physics), Solar Corona

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Data obtained by a variety of observing techniques are summarized to show that the solar wind is structured over a wide range of scale sizes (from one to one millionth solar radius). The possible contribution of reconnection sites as sources of momentum for the solar wind is examined. It is pointed out that, as plasmoids ejected from the reconnection sites traverse the stratified corona, they may expand sufficiently to occupy all of the available volume. It is suggested that the solar wind, at its origin, is composed essentially of these plasmoids.

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