Spectroscopic Constraints on Models of Ion-cyclotron Resonance Heating in the Polar Solar Corona

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Jan 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999ssrv...87..149c&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, v. 87, Issue 1/2, p. 149-152 (1999).

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Alfv&Eacute, N Waves, Corona, Ion Cyclotron Resonance, Spectroscopy, Uv Radiation

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Using empirical velocity distributions derived from UVCS and SUMER ultraviolet spectroscopy, we construct theoretical models of anisotropic ion temperatures in the polar solar corona. The primary energy deposition mechanism we investigate is the dissipation of high frequency (10-10000 Hz) ion-cyclotron resonant Alfvén waves which can heat and accelerate ions differently depending on their charge and mass. We find that it is possible to explain the observed high perpendicular temperatures and strong anisotropies with relatively small amplitudes for the resonant waves. There is suggestive evidence for steepening of the Alfvén wave spectrum between the coronal base and the largest heights observed spectroscopically. Because the ion-cyclotron wave dissipation is rapid, even for minor ions like O5+, the observed extended heating seems to demand a constantly replenished population of waves over several solar radii. This indicates that the waves are generated gradually throughout the wind rather than propagated up from the base of the corona.

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