Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975apj...196..837n&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, vol. 196, Mar. 15, 1975, pt. 1, p. 837-847.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Models, Polytropic Processes, Solar Wind, Stellar Winds, Three Dimensional Flow, Three Dimensional Models, Magnetohydrodynamics, Rossby Regimes, Secular Variations
Scientific paper
A steady, axisymmetric, nondissipative, three-dimensional solar wind model is investigated through the use of a perturbation expansion in inverse Rossby numbers (the ratio of the Coriolis to the inertial forces). Numerical results are presented for a polytropic gas, although the solutions far from the sun are independent of this approximation. The meridional magnetic pressure gradient causes mass to be transported away from the equator, creating an apparent sink in the two-dimensional continuity equation there. The mass loss in the equatorial plane is estimated to be a 10-20 percent effect at 5 AU, growing logarithmically to large values at greater distances. This illustrates that perturbations that are small everywhere may create effects that are competitive with the unperturbed state, indicating that a full nonlinear analysis is needed in these regions. However, this secular growth is so slow that the linearization is probably valid out to the heliosphere.
Nerney Steven F.
Suess Steve T.
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