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太阳风三维模拟中的表面阿尔芬波阻尼

Surface Alfven Wave Damping in a 3D Simulation of the Solar Wind

R. M. Evans, M. Opher, V. Jatenco-Pereira, T. I. Gombosi

摘要:

在这里,我们调查的贡献,表面阿尔芬波阻尼的太阳风加热的最低条件。这些波存在于密度或磁场(如磁场)的强不均匀性区域。例如,在一个实施例中,开放和闭合磁场线之间的边界)。利用三维磁流体动力学(MHD)模型,我们计算了1-4个太阳半径之间的表面阿尔芬波阻尼贡献,这是加速和日冕加热的感兴趣区域。我们认为波的频率低于那些被阻尼在色球层和那些主导日光层的顺序。在开放和封闭场线之间的区域,在几个太阳半径的表面,没有其他主要的阻尼源已被建议为我们考虑在这里的低频波。这项工作是第一个研究表面阿尔芬波在3D环境中没有假设先验的几何场线或磁场和密度分布。我们确定,频率>2.8x10^-4 Hz的波在1-4个太阳半径之间衰减。在平静的太阳区域,表面阿尔芬波在比活跃区域更远的距离处被阻尼,从而携带额外的波能量进入日冕。我们比较了表面阿尔芬波加热的一个变量多变的指数的贡献,发现它的数量级大于安静的太阳区域所需的。对于活动区域,对加热的贡献为20%。正如有人认为,变量伽马作为湍流,我们的研究结果表明,表面阿尔芬波阻尼是比较低的日冕湍流。这种阻尼机制应包括自相一致的能源驱动器的风在全球磁流体模型。

英文摘要:

Here we investigate the contribution of surface Alfven wave damping to the heating of the solar wind in minima conditions. These waves are present in regions of strong inhomogeneities in density or magnetic field (e. g., the border between open and closed magnetic field lines). Using a 3-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model, we calculate the surface Alfven wave damping contribution between 1-4 solar radii, the region of interest for both acceleration and coronal heating. We consider waves with frequencies lower than those that are damped in the chromosphere and on the order of those dominating the heliosphere. In the region between open and closed field lines, within a few solar radii of the surface, no other major source of damping has been suggested for the low frequency waves we consider here. This work is the first to study surface Alfven waves in a 3D environment without assuming a priori a geometry of field lines or magnetic and density profiles. We determine that waves with frequencies >2.8x10^-4 Hz are damped between 1-4 solar radii. In quiet sun regions, surface Alfven waves are damped at further distances compared to active regions, thus carrying additional wave energy into the corona. We compare the surface Alfven wave contribution to the heating by a variable polytropic index and find that it an order of magnitude larger than needed for quiet sun regions. For active regions the contribution to the heating is twenty percent. As it has been argued that a variable gamma acts as turbulence, our results indicate that surface Alfven wave damping is comparable to turbulence in the lower corona. This damping mechanism should be included self consistently as an energy driver for the wind in global MHD models.

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