Flux-tube divergence, coronal heating, and the solar wind
Flux-tube divergence, coronal heating, and the solar wind
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通量管发散、日冕加热和太阳风
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1993
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Using model calculations based on a self-consistent treatment of the coronal energy balance, we show how the magnetic flux-tube divergence rate controls the coronal temperature and the properties of the solar wind. For a fixed input of mechanical and Alfven-wave energy at the coronal base, we find that as the divergence rate increases, the maximum coronal temperature decreases but the mass flux leaving the Sun gradually increases. As a result, the asymptotic wind speed decreases with increasing expansion factor near the Sun, in agreement with empirical studies