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arXiv 2009.01558astro-ph.SRphysics.space-ph
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帕克太阳探测器对冕洞边界引起的超热电子通量增强的观测

Parker Solar Probe Observations of Suprathermal Electron Flux Enhancements Originating from Coronal Hole Boundaries

Allan R Macneil, Mathew J Owens, Laura Berčič, Adam J Finley

摘要:

理论上,太阳磁通量元素对之间的重新连接,一个是开环,另一个是闭环,是维持日冕结构和产生太阳风的关键过程。这种“交换重连”预计在冕洞(CH)的开闭边界特别活跃。先前对1AU处太阳风数据的分析表明,在慢-快流界面处超热电子通量的峰值可能是由于与CH边界的磁连接而产生的,而不是诸如压缩之类的动态效应。此外,峰值和流接口的位置之间的偏移建议是在源处的互换重连的结果。作为这些建议的初步测试,我们分析了两个太阳风流在第一帕克太阳探测器(PSP)近日点遇到,每个与赤道CH边界(一个领先的和一个落后的旋转)。每个流具有超热电子通量的峰值,其位置和相关的等离子体性质表明太阳起源,与以前的建议一致,从1AU观测。通量峰值和其他特征的位置之间的不一致性表明这些峰值也可能被源区交换重连所移动。我们对每个事件的解释与开放通量运输的全球模式是兼容的,尽管随机的足迹运动或其他解释仍然是可行的。这些探索性的结果突出了未来的机会,在CH边界与现代近太阳任务的交换重联和通量运输的统计研究。

英文摘要:

Reconnection between pairs of solar magnetic flux elements, one open and the other a closed loop, is theorised to be a crucial process for both maintaining the structure of the corona and producing the solar wind. This 'interchange reconnection' is expected to be particularly active at the open-closed boundaries of coronal holes (CHs). Previous analysis of solar wind data at 1AU indicated that peaks in the flux of suprathermal electrons at slow-fast stream interfaces may arise from magnetic connection to the CH boundary, rather than dynamic effects such as compression. Further, offsets between the peak and stream interface locations are suggested to be the result of interchange reconnection at the source. As a preliminary test of these suggestions, we analyse two solar wind streams observed during the first Parker Solar Probe (PSP) perihelion encounter, each associated with equatorial CH boundaries (one leading and one trailing with respect to rotation). Each stream features a peak in suprathermal electron flux, the locations and associated plasma properties of which are indicative of a solar origin, in agreement with previous suggestions from 1AU observations. Discrepancies between locations of the flux peaks and other features suggest these peaks may too be shifted by source region interchange reconnection. Our interpretation of each event is compatible with a global pattern of open flux transport, although random footpoint motions or other explanations remain feasible. These exploratory results highlight future opportunities for statistical studies regarding interchange reconnection and flux transport at CH boundaries with modern near-Sun missions.

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