On the formation mechanism of the sporadic solar wind

Details On the formation mechanism of the sporadic solar wind On the formation mechanism of the sporadic solar wind

Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011ge%26ae..51.1083e&link_type=abstract

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 51, Issue 8, pp.1083-1094

Physics

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In this paper, we examine the nature of the main source of the sporadic solar wind on the Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Analysis of data from Mark 3 and Mark 4, the Digital Prominence Monitor (MLSO), and STEREO (EUVI) spacecraft has revealed the existence of two types of CMEs: gradual and impulse. They differ in the place, velocity, and angular size at the instant of their emergence. The source of gradual CMEs is located in the corona, at a distance of 1.1 R 0 < R ≤ 1.7 R 0 from the center of the Sun. They start moving from a state of rest, having an angular size ≈15-65° (in the heliographic coordinate system). Impulse CMEs are probably formed under the Sun's photosphere. This may be due to the supersonic emergence of magnetic tubes (ropes) from the convective zone. The possibility of this phenomenon has been demonstrated earlier in theory. The radial velocity of such tubes at the photospheric level may be 100 km/s or higher; the minimum angular size is ˜1°.

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