Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agusm..sh41b08c&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2001, abstract #SH41B-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
2164 Solar Wind Plasma, 2169 Sources Of The Solar Wind, 7511 Coronal Holes, 7524 Magnetic Fields, 7549 Ultraviolet Emissions
Scientific paper
During times of low solar activity, large polar coronal holes are observed to contain bright raylike polar plumes that appear to follow open magnetic field lines. Plumes are believed to be flux tubes that are heated impulsively at their base, which leads to a higher density, a lower outflow speed, and a lower overall temperature in the extended corona, compared to the surrounding interplume regions. Despite years of white light and spectroscopic observations, though, the differences in mass, momentum, and energy flux in plumes and between plumes are not known precisely. This poster presents an updated survey of data from the Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS), aboard SOHO, that attempts to sort out the local plume and interplume conditions. These results will be compared with previous analyses that characterized the ``mean'' plume/interplume coronal hole, averaged over many lines of sight through varying concentrations of plumes. Limits on the relative contributions of plumes and interplume regions to the high-speed solar wind will be determined, with emphasis on the proton outflow speed in the corona and at 1 AU. Implications for theoretical models of coronal heating and solar wind acceleration will be discussed. This work is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant NAG5-10093 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, and by the Swiss contribution to the ESA PRODEX program.
Cranmer Steven R.
Kohl John L.
Miralles M.
Panasyuk Alexander V.
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