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May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agusm..sh21b08k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2001, abstract #SH21B-08
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2169 Sources Of The Solar Wind, 7509 Corona, 7549 Ultraviolet Emissions
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The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS) on the SOHO satellite has been used to measure the line profiles of O~VI 103.2 and 103.7 nm versus heliographic height in a variety of coronal holes and streamers during the period from 1996 to 2001. Those observations have been used to derive velocity distributions in the line-of-sight direction, which is typically perpendicular to the apparent magnetic field direction. In the case of polar coronal holes at solar minimum, the electron density is the smallest observed and the most-probable speed is the largest observed reaching values as high as 500 km/s at the largest heights. The O5+ most-probable speed is much larger than the hydrogen speed in those structures. The ratio of O5+ to hydrogen most-probable speeds increases with height. In contrast, the O5+ values are much smaller than those of hydrogen at the base of high-latitude streamers and never reach the hydrogen values at any observed height. The electron density in those structures is much greater than in the solar minimum coronal holes. Other structures have intermediate values of the electron density and O5+ most-probable speeds. In general, the O5+ most-probable speed and its ratio to the hydrogen value seem to decrease with increasing density. This apparent observational correlation may be related to thermalization from higher collision rates or it might be related to the physical process that causes the extreme O5+ perpendicular heating. This work is supported by NASA under Grant NAG5-10093 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, by the Italian Space Agency, and by PRODEX (Swiss Contribution).
Cranmer Steven R.
Frazin Richard A.
Kohl John L.
Miralles M.
Strachan Leonard
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