Source region of low-speed wind

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Jun 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995sowi.conf...62w&link_type=abstract

Nagoya Univ., International Solar Wind 8 Conference, p. 62

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Solar Wind, Low Speed, Scintillation, Interplanetary Space, X Rays, X Ray Imagery, X Ray Astronomy, Spaceborne Astronomy, Solar Wind Velocity, Sunspots, Japanese Spacecraft, X Ray Spectra, Neutral Sheets, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Signatures, Potential Fields, Magnetic Field Configurations

Scientific paper

We have been carrying out the interplanetary scintillation observations at a frequency of 327 MHz. The IPS measurements at this frequency can probe the distance range of 0.1-1 AU. We will report on source regions of the low-speed winds which were observed within 0.3 AU by the IPS method. The source regions of low-speed winds have been studied. In 1991, two spacecraft of Sakigake and IMP observed two low-speed streams in one solar rotation, which originated from a magnetic neutral line on the source surface. However speeds are slightly different from each other: one is 300 km/s while the other one is 400 km/s. Similar speed difference was also observed by the IPS method. We examined differences of these source regions in the soft X-ray images observed by the Yohkoh satellite. At the source region of the lower speed wind, sun spots were found under the neutral line, while nothing except the neutral line was found for the higher speed wind. We made a synoptic chart of the solar wind speeds which were observed within 0.3 AU. In this chart, compact regions of very low speed can be found clearly, and the amplitude of a low-speed belt is smaller than that of a magnetic neutral line. Distribution of the low-speed belt is rather suited above active regions than on a neutral line calculated by the potential field model.

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