Anisotropic microturbulence near the Sun

Details Anisotropic microturbulence near the Sun Anisotropic microturbulence near the Sun

Jun 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995sowi.conf...40c&link_type=abstract

California Univ., International Solar Wind 8 Conference, p. 40

Physics

Isotropic Turbulence, Power Spectra, Anisotropy, Sun, Interplanetary Medium, Scintillation, Electron Density (Concentration), Solar Physics, Kolmogorov Theory, Very Large Array (Vla), Very Long Baseline Array (Vlba), Angular Distribution, Spatial Distribution, Solar Diameter

Scientific paper

Interplanetary scintillation observations which sample the spatial spectrum of electron density at scales between 10 and 100 km show power-law spectra which are flatter than the Kolmogorov spectra observed at larger scales by spacecraft and also, indirectly, by phase scintillation of coherent radio signals. Furthermore, angular broadening observations of compact radio sources have shown that the microscale density fluctuations are field-aligned and become more anisotropic as R decreases inside 10 solar radius. We present angular broadening observations taken in October of 1992 which were recorded nearly simultaneously on the VLA and VLBA arrays. The VLA samples structure at scales between 3 and 30 km, whereas the VLBA samples scales between 200 and 4000 km. The small scale VLA measurements of the south polar source 1246-075 showed lower turbulence than those of the equatorial source 1256-057, consistent with previous work showing that the density delta N2e is a factor of 10-15 lower in coronal holes. The VLA observations inside of 10 solar radius were anisotropic, as expected. We were not able to measure the equatorial source with the VLBA inside of 10 solar radius because the scattering was too strong, however we did observe the polar source just inside this distance with both the VLA and the VLBA. Significant anisotropy was seen on the smaller scales, but the larger scales were essentially isotropic. This suggests that the process responsible for the anisotropic microturbulence is distinct from the larger scale isotropic turbulence.

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