There are compelling observations of a clear anti‐correlation between solar wind flow speed and coronal electron temperature, as determined from solar wind ionic charge states. A simple theory is presented which can account for these observations, including the functional form of the correlation: Solar wind flow speed squared varies essentially linearly as the inverse of the coronal electron temperature. In this theory, magnetic field lines in the corona that open into the heliosphere reconnect with coronal loops near their base. This process displaces the open field line, and disturbs and imparts energy into the overlying corona, thereby determining the Poynting vector into the corona. This process releases mass from the loop into the corona, and determines the mass flux of the solar wind. The Poynting and mass flux into the corona determine the final speed of the solar wind, and yield a relationship that provides an excellent fit to observations.
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2 September 2003
SOLAR WIND TEN: Proceedings of the Tenth International Solar Wind Conference
17-31 June 2002
Pisa (Italy)
Research Article|
September 02 2003
Acceleration of the Solar Wind as a Result of the Reconnection of Open Magnetic Flux with Coronal Loops
L. A. Fisk;
L. A. Fisk
1Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109‐2143
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G. Gloeckler;
G. Gloeckler
1Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109‐2143
2Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742‐4111
2aIPST, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742‐4111
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T. H. Zurbuchen;
T. H. Zurbuchen
1Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109‐2143
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J. Geiss;
J. Geiss
3International Space Science Institute, Hallerstrasse 6, CH‐3012 Bern, Switzerland
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N. A. Schwadron
N. A. Schwadron
4Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78228
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AIP Conf. Proc. 679, 287–292 (2003)
Citation
L. A. Fisk, G. Gloeckler, T. H. Zurbuchen, J. Geiss, N. A. Schwadron; Acceleration of the Solar Wind as a Result of the Reconnection of Open Magnetic Flux with Coronal Loops. AIP Conf. Proc. 2 September 2003; 679 (1): 287–292. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1618596
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