在太阳附近观测F-冠状体减少和K-冠状体细结构
R A Howard1, A Vourlidas2, V Bothmer3
1US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA. Russ.Howard@nrl.navy.mil.
Nature
|December 6, 2019
概括
新的帕克太阳探测器的观测揭示了太阳附近的无尘区域以及包括磁流绳和岛屿在内的小型太阳喷发的详细等离子体结构. 这为太阳冠状动态和进化提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 太阳物理
- 血物理
- 太空科学
背景情况:
- 太阳冠状体 (K冠状体和F冠状体) 的远程观测因距离而受到限制.
- 之前的研究并未证实太阳附近存在理论上预测的无尘区域.
- 太阳小事件的结构和发起仍然不确定.
研究的目的:
- 使用帕克太阳探测器在前所未有的距离 (0.16-0.25 AU) 拍摄太阳冠.
- 调查太阳附近没有尘埃的区域的存在.
- 解决微型太阳爆发的等离子体结构.
主要方法:
- 在帕克太阳探测器的日圆周围时拍摄太阳冠状.
- 在短延伸时分析F-冠状强度以推断尘埃分布.
- 解决太阳爆发的微型等离子体结构.
主要成果:
- 观察到F-冠状强度在短延伸, 暗示一个无尘区.
- 解决了小型太阳爆发的微型等离子体结构,识别了磁流绳和磁岛.
- 证实了大规模的冠状拓,并揭示了冠状流中的子流.
结论:
- 帕克太阳探测器的观测提供了太阳附近无尘区的证据.
- 这项研究解决了以前未被观察到的磁性结构.
- 冠状流是由具有持续密度波动的较小子流组成的.
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