ISSN:
1573-093X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract This paper discusses the outflow of ions in an open magnetic field region in the solar corona. The model is polytropic and assumes that the ions do not affect the motion of the protons; treatment of large openings of the flux tubes is included. It is found that a large variety of topologies in the velocity-heliocentric distance plane occurs, by varying the funnelling factor and the proton density. While for low proton densities the topology is characterized by a single critical point, above some value of the density and of the funnelling factor multiple critical points appear, causing the ion velocity to become large in the low corona. All the ions studied (He iii, Fe xv, Si xii, Mg x) show the same general trend, although their sensitivity to the proton density is different. The abundance increase in the low corona, with respect to interplanetary space, is depressed if the opening of the flux tubes increases; however, for some extreme values of the acceleration due to large openings of the flux tubes, the theory predicts, on the contrary, very large increases of the coronal abundances.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00151447
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