Published November 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Origin of noncompressive density enhancements in the solar wind

  • 1. Siberian Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, the Ionosphere, and Radio-Wave Propagation, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Description

In the report a model is proposed according to which noncompressive density enhancements are formed in regions of the corona with converging magnetic field configurations. The model allows one to understand the reasons for the high density and low temperature of noncompressive enhancements, as well as to explain the variation of their characteristics during a solar activity cycle and their connection with the boundaries of sectors of the interplanetary magnetic field. It is established that noncompressive density enhancements make a significant contribution to the balance of mass and energy of the solar wind at 1 AU during the decline and minimum of solar activity

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
6
Series
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
694-698
ISSN
0038-5301

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16008407
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR WIND
Descriptors DEC
ATMOSPHERES; SOLAR ATMOSPHERE; STELLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; STELLAR CORONAE; STELLAR WINDS

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).