Magnetic classification of solar wind streams

Details Magnetic classification of solar wind streams Magnetic classification of solar wind streams

Dec 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979p%26ss...27.1461b&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 27, Dec. 1979, p. 1461-1467.

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Cosmic Plasma, Magnetic Field Configurations, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Wind, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Solar Physics, Twenty-Seven Day Variation

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It is found that from the viewpoint of the magnetic field configuration there are only two types of solar wind: streams with closed field lines (flare-induced streams) and streams with open field lines (M-streams of various velocity and lifetime, and quiet solar wind). It is emphasized that in the absence of flare-induced streams the earth's magnetosphere is, as a rule, circum-flown not by a quiet but by a variably disturbed solar wind - M-streams. An important feature of M-streams is that within a given interplanetary magnetic field sector the sign (+ or -) of the stream magnetic field almost always concides with that of the sector. These facts lead to the conclusion that M-streams are mainly responsible for the sector structure.

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