Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979soph...64..367b&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics, vol. 64, Dec. 1979, p. 367-389.
Physics
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Abundance, Coronal Holes, Ion Density (Concentration), Ion Motion, Solar Corona, Solar Magnetic Field, Electron Gas, Interplanetary Space, Proton Density (Concentration)
Scientific paper
This paper discusses the outflow of ions in an open magnetic field region in the solar corona. The model is polytropic and assumes that the ions do not affect the motion of the protons; treatment of large openings of the flux tubes is included. It is found that a large variety of topologies in the velocity-heliocentric distance plane occurs, by varying the funnelling factor and the proton density. While for low proton densities the topology is characterized by a single critical point, above some value of the density and of the funnelling factor multiple critical points appear, causing the ion velocity to become large in the low corona. All the ions studied (He III, Fe XV, Si XII, Mg X) show the same general trend, although their sensitivity to the proton density is different. The abundance increase in the low corona, with respect to interplanetary space, is depressed if the opening of the flux tubes increases; however, for some extreme values of the acceleration due to large openings of the flux tubes, the theory predicts, on the contrary, very large increases of the coronal abundances.
Borrini G.
Noci Giancarlo
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