The Three-Dimensional Morphology of a Corotating Interaction Region in the Inner Heliosphere

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Jan 2010

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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 708, Issue 2, pp. L89-L94 (2010).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Interplanetary Medium, Solar Wind

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In its three years of operation, the HI2 imagers on the two Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have imaged many corotating interaction regions (CIRs) in the interplanetary medium, allowing the study of their three-dimensional (3D) morphology. Using an entirely empirical analysis technique, we construct a 3D model of one CIR, which is able to reproduce the general appearance and evolution of the CIR in HI2 images. The model CIR is also consistent with in situ data. Its curvature is compatible with the observed speed of the slow wind that is acting as the barrier for the fast wind piling up against it, and the width of the model CIR is consistent with the duration of the observed density pulse. Perpendicular to the equatorial plane, the model CIR has a parabolic shape that maps beautifully back to a bifurcated streamer observed at the Sun, which surrounds a coronal hole. This implies that this particular CIR is due to fast wind emanating from low latitudes that is impinging against slow wind in overlying streamers.

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