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0.13 au慢Alfvénic冕洞风中的等离子体特性、折返斑和低$α$ -粒子畸变

Plasma Properties, Switchback Patches and Low $α$-Particle Abundance in Slow Alfvénic Coronal Hole Wind at 0.13 au

Thomas Woolley, Lorenzo Matteini, Michael D. McManus, Laura Berčič, Samuel T. Badman, Lloyd D. Woodham, Timothy S. Horbury, Stuart D. Bale, Ronan Laker, Julia E… 展开作者

Thomas Woolley, Lorenzo Matteini, Michael D. McManus, Laura Berčič, Samuel T. Badman, Lloyd D. Woodham, Timothy S. Horbury, Stuart D. Bale, Ronan Laker, Julia E. Stawarz, Davin E. Larson

摘要:

帕克太阳探测器(PSP)的任务提供了一个独特的机会,研究近太阳太阳风比以往任何航天器。在其第四次和第五次与太阳相遇期间,PSP具有相同的轨道轨迹,这意味着在相同的纬度和径向距离测量太阳风。我们确定了两个流测量在相同的日心距离($\sim$ 0.13 AU)和纬度($\sim$ -3.5 $^{\circ}$)在这些遭遇,以减少空间演变的影响。通过比较每个流的等离子体,我们确认,他们并不占主导地位的变量瞬态事件,尽管PSP的接近日光层电流片。这两个流是一致的与以前的慢Alfvénic太阳风研究一旦径向效应被认为是起源于南极冕洞边界。我们还表明,这两个流之间的切换属性没有明显的不同。在遭遇5流中观察到低$α$ -粒子丰度($\sim$ 0.6%),这表明某些物理机制必须作用于冕洞边界风,以导致$α$ -粒子耗尽。我们的观察结果可能的解释进行了讨论,但目前还不清楚是否耗尽发生在释放或风的加速。使用通量管参数,我们注意到在这种低速风中$\sim$ 0.6%的$α$粒子丰度可以对应于1 au处$\sim$ 0.9%的丰度。最后,由于这两个流大致对应于一个之字形补丁的空间范围,我们建议,补丁是冕洞风的独特功能。

英文摘要:

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission presents a unique opportunity to study the near-Sun solar wind closer than any previous spacecraft. During its fourth and fifth solar encounters, PSP had the same orbital trajectory, meaning that solar wind was measured at the same latitudes and radial distances. We identify two streams measured at the same heliocentric distance ($\sim$0.13au) and latitude ($\sim$-3.5$^{\circ}$) across these encounters to reduce spatial evolution effects. By comparing the plasma of each stream, we confirm that they are not dominated by variable transient events, despite PSP's proximity to the heliospheric current sheet. Both streams are consistent with a previous slow Alfvénic solar wind study once radial effects are considered, and appear to originate at the Southern polar coronal hole boundary. We also show that the switchback properties are not distinctly different between these two streams. Low $α$-particle abundance ($\sim$ 0.6 %) is observed in the encounter 5 stream, suggesting that some physical mechanism must act on coronal hole boundary wind to cause $α$-particle depletion. Possible explanations for our observations are discussed, but it remains unclear whether the depletion occurs during the release or the acceleration of the wind. Using a flux tube argument, we note that an $α$-particle abundance of $\sim$ 0.6 % in this low velocity wind could correspond to an abundance of $\sim$ 0.9 % at 1 au. Finally, as the two streams roughly correspond to the spatial extent of a switchback patch, we suggest that patches are distinct features of coronal hole wind.

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