Forecasting Solar Wind Speeds

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2006-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602062v1

Astrophys.J. 640 (2006) L75-L78

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 2 figures embedded, ApJL, in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/503102

By explicitly taking into account effects of Alfven waves, I derive from a simple energetics argument a fundamental relation which predicts solar wind (SW) speeds in the vicinity of the earth from physical properties on the sun. Kojima et al. recently found from their observations that a ratio of surface magnetic field strength to an expansion factor of open magnetic flux tubes is a good indicator of the SW speed. I show by using the derived relation that this nice correlation is an evidence of the Alfven wave which accelerates SW in expanding flux tubes. The observations further require that fluctuation amplitudes of magnetic field lines at the surface should be almost universal in different coronal holes, which needs to be tested by future observations.

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