Global aspects of stream evolution in the solar wind

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Jun 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986aipc..144..124g&link_type=abstract

AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 144, pp. 124-144 (1986).

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Particle Emission, Solar Wind

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A spatially variable coronal expansion, when coupled with solar rotation, leads to the formation of high speed solar wind streams which evolve considerably with increasing heliocentric distance. Initially the streams steepen for simple kinematic reasons, but this steepening is resisted by pressure forces, leading eventually to the formation of forward-reverse shock pairs in the distant heliosphere. The basic physical processes responsible for stream steepening and evolution are explored and model calculations are compared with actual spacecraft observations of the process. Solar wind stream evolution is relatively well understood both observationally and theoretically. Tools developed in achieving this understanding should be applicable to other astrophysical systems where a spatially or temporally variable outflow is associated with a rotating object.

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