Alfven-wave acceleration of the solar wind

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Apr 1980

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Nuovo Cimento C, Serie 1, vol. 3C, Mar.-Apr. 1980, p. 114-122. Research supported by the National Center for Atmospheric Researc

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasma Acceleration, Solar Corona, Solar Wind Velocity, Wave Propagation, Astronomical Models, Particle Acceleration, Particle Flux Density, Steady Flow, Temperature Effects

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The increase in mass flux and energy flux from the sun is calculated for an increasing Alfven-wave amplitude, in the lower corona and fixed values for the coronal pressure, the coronal temperature and the interplanetary magnetic field. The energy per mass and the flow speed at the orbit of the earth increase with the wave amplitude and reach a maximum for a wave amplitude of approximately 50 km/sec. For reasonable values of the coronal pressure and temperature and of the magnetic field, high-speed solar-wind streams can be driven by Alfven waves with an amplitude approximately equal to 20-25 km/sec in the lower corona.

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