A global 3-D MHD model of the solar wind with Alfven waves

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Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Three Dimensional Models, Momentum, Plasma Heating, Solar Wind, Solar Corona, Solar Magnetic Field, Photosphere, Wave Propagation, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Measurement, Boundary Conditions, Time Dependence, Magnetohydrodynamics, Spherical Coordinates

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A fully three-dimensional solar wind model that incorporates momentum and heat addition from Alfven waves is developed. The proposed model upgrades the previous one by considering self-consistently the total system consisting of Alfven waves propagating outward from the Sun and the mean polytropic solar wind flow. The simulation region extends from the coronal base (1 Rs out to beyond 1 AU. The fully 3-D MHD equations written in spherical coordinates are solved in the frame of reference corotating with the Sun. At the inner boundary, the photospheric magnetic field observations are taken as boundary condition and wave energy influx is prescribed to be proportional to the magnetic field strength. The results of the model application for several time intervals are presented.

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