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《Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial & Planetary Science》1999,24(4):415-419
Using the high-resolution mass spectrometer MTOF on board SOHO we have measured the solar wind isotopic abundance ratios of Ne, Mg, and Si in different solar wind regimes with bulk velocities ranging from 350 km/s to 650 km/s. Data indicate a systematic depletion of the heavier isotopes in the slow solar wind compared to their abundances in the fast solar wind from coronal holes. These variations in the solar wind isotopic composition represent a pure mass-dependent effect because the different isotopes of an element pass the inner corona with the same charge state distribution. The influence of particle mass on the acceleration of minor solar wind ions is discussed in the context of theoretical models and recent optical observations with other SOHO instruments. 相似文献
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M. Karovska B. Wood J. Chen J. Cook R. Howard 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2000,21(3-4):403-406
We applied advanced image enhancement techniques to explore in detail the characteristics of the small-scale structures and/or
the low contrast structures in several Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) observed by SOHO. We highlight here the results from
our studies of the morphology and dynamical evolution of CME structures in the solar corona using two instruments on board
SOHO: LASCO and EIT. 相似文献
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Klaus Wilhelm Ingolf E. Dammasch Donald M. Hassler 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2002,282(1):189-207
The plasma conditions in the solar atmosphere and, in particular, in coronal holes are summarized, before space-borne instrumentation
for observing these regions in vacuum-ultraviolet light is briefly introduced with the Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted
Radiation (SUMER) spectrometer on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) as example. Spectroscopic measurements of
small plasma jets are then analyzed in detail. Magnetic reconnection is thought to be responsible for heating the corona of
the Sun as well as accelerating the solar wind by converting magnetic energy into thermal and kinetic energies. The continuous
outflow of the fast solar wind from coronal holes on ‘open’ field lines, which reach out into interplanetary space, then requires
many reconnection events of very small scale sizes – most of them probably below the resolution capabilities of present-day
instruments. Our observations of such an event have been obtained with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) providing
both high-resolution imaging and spectral information for structural and dynamical studies. We find whirling or rotating motions
as well as jets with acceleration along their propagation paths in close spatial and temporal vicinity to the coronal jet.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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C.E. Parnell 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1998,261(1-4):81-90
The Yohkoh satellite has now been orbiting the Earth for about 6 years and during this time it has revealed a number of new
features in the solar corona. These include the discovery of X-ray jets and active region transient brightenings, as well
as observations of hard X-ray sources above and at the feet of soft X-ray flare loops. SOHO, the newest solar space mission,
is not orbiting the Earth, but is in fact orbiting the Sun and has been at the Earth's L1 point for about 2 years. During
this time it too has identified some new and interesting characteristics of both the solar corona, the photosphere and the
solar interior. For example, studies of high resolution MDI/SOHO magnetograms indicate that the magnetic carpet may play an
important role in the heating of the coronal. Also polar plume studies from EIT/SOHO data suggest that they may be a possible
source for the fast solar wind.
Together these two missions have dominated solar research throughout the 90s and are expected to continue to do so during
the rise from solar minimum to the next solar maximum.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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This paper presents the results of a comparison between observations of coronal holes in UV (SOHO EIT) and radio emission (17, 5.7 GHz, 327 and 150.9 MHz, from NoRH, SSRT and Nançay radioheliographs), and solar wind parameters, from ACE spacecraft data over the period 12 March?–?31 May 2007. The increase in the solar wind velocity up to ～?600 km?s?1 was found to correlate with a decrease in the UV flux in the central parts of the solar disk. A connection between the parameters of the radio emission from three different layers of the solar atmosphere and the solar wind velocity near the Earth’s orbit was discovered. Such a connection is suggestive of a common mechanism of solar wind acceleration from chromospheric heights to the upper corona. 相似文献
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The SOHO mission: An overview 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a space mission that forms part of the Solar-Terrestrial Science Program (STSP), developed in a collaborative effort by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The STSP constitutes the first cornerstone of ESA's long-term programme known as Space Science — Horizon 2000. The principal scientific objectives of the SOHO mission are a) to reach a better understanding of the structure and dynamics of the solar interior using techniques of helioseismology, and b) to gain better insight into the physical processes that form and heat the Sun's corona, maintain it and give rise to its acceleration into the solar wind. To achieve these goals, SOHO carries a payload consisting of 12 sets of complementary instruments. SOHO is a three-axis stabilized spacecraft with a total mass of 1850 kg; 1150 W of power will be provided by the solar panels. The payload weighs about 640 kg and will consume 450 W in orbit. SOHO will be launched by an ATLAS II-AS and will be placed in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrangian point where it will be continuously pointing to Sun centre with an accuracy of 10 arcsec. Pointing stability will be better than 1 arcsec over 15 min intervals. The SOHO payload produces a continuous science data stream of 40 kbits/s which will be increased by 160 kbits/s whenever the solar oscillations imaging instrument is operated in its highrate mode. Telemetry will be received by NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). Planning, coordination and operation of the spacecraft and the scientific payload will be conducted from the Experiment Operations Facility (EOF) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). 相似文献
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T.S. Bastian 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,277(1-2):107-116
Radio wave propagation through an inhomogeneous, random plasma produces a variety of observable phenomena – group delay, Faraday
rotation, refraction, angular broadening, spectral broadening, and scintillations in phase, amplitude, and frequency. These
may be exploited to constrain the mean and fluctuating properties of the medium through a variety of remote sensing techniques.
In the case of the solar corona and the solar wind, the mean density, magnetic field, solar wind speed, and the spatial spectrum
of the density fluctuation scan all be constrained in regions that are inaccessible to in situmeasurements.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Coronal holes (CHs) are regions of open magnetic field lines in the solar corona and the source of the fast solar wind. Understanding the evolution of coronal holes is critical for solar magnetism as well as for accurate space weather forecasts. We study the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) synoptic maps at three wavelengths (195 Å/193 Å, 171 Å and 304 Å) measured by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SOHO/EIT) and the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) instruments. The two datasets are first homogenized by scaling the SDO/AIA data to the SOHO/EIT level by means of histogram equalization. We then develop a novel automated method to identify CHs from these homogenized maps by determining the intensity threshold of CH regions separately for each synoptic map. This is done by identifying the best location and size of an image segment, which optimally contains portions of coronal holes and the surrounding quiet Sun allowing us to detect the momentary intensity threshold. Our method is thus able to adjust itself to the changing scale size of coronal holes and to temporally varying intensities. To make full use of the information in the three wavelengths we construct a composite CH distribution, which is more robust than distributions based on one wavelength. Using the composite CH dataset we discuss the temporal evolution of CHs during the Solar Cycles 23 and 24. 相似文献
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Hardi Peter L. Abbo V. Andretta F. Auchère A. Bemporad F. Berrilli V. Bommier A. Braukhane R. Casini W. Curdt J. Davila H. Dittus S. Fineschi A. Fludra A. Gandorfer D. Griffin B. Inhester A. Lagg E. Landi Degl’Innocenti V. Maiwald R. Manso Sainz V. Martínez Pillet S. Matthews D. Moses S. Parenti A. Pietarila D. Quantius N. -E. Raouafi J. Raymond P. Rochus O. Romberg M. Schlotterer U. Schühle S. Solanki D. Spadaro L. Teriaca S. Tomczyk J. Trujillo Bueno J. -C. Vial 《Experimental Astronomy》2012,33(2-3):271-303
The magnetic field plays a pivotal role in many fields of Astrophysics. This is especially true for the physics of the solar atmosphere. Measuring the magnetic field in the upper solar atmosphere is crucial to understand the nature of the underlying physical processes that drive the violent dynamics of the solar corona—that can also affect life on Earth. SolmeX, a fully equipped solar space observatory for remote-sensing observations, will provide the first comprehensive measurements of the strength and direction of the magnetic field in the upper solar atmosphere. The mission consists of two spacecraft, one carrying the instruments, and another one in formation flight at a distance of about 200 m carrying the occulter to provide an artificial total solar eclipse. This will ensure high-quality coronagraphic observations above the solar limb. SolmeX integrates two spectro-polarimetric coronagraphs for off-limb observations, one in the EUV and one in the IR, and three instruments for observations on the disk. The latter comprises one imaging polarimeter in the EUV for coronal studies, a spectro-polarimeter in the EUV to investigate the low corona, and an imaging spectro-polarimeter in the UV for chromospheric studies. SOHO and other existing missions have investigated the emission of the upper atmosphere in detail (not considering polarization), and as this will be the case also for missions planned for the near future. Therefore it is timely that SolmeX provides the final piece of the observational quest by measuring the magnetic field in the upper atmosphere through polarimetric observations. 相似文献
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Liping Yang Xueshang Feng Changqing Xiang Shaohua Zhang S. T. Wu 《Solar physics》2011,271(1-2):91-110
The observations both near the Sun and in the heliosphere during the activity minimum between solar cycles 23 and 24 exhibit different phenomena from those typical of the previous solar minima. In this paper, we have chosen Carrington rotation 2070 in 2008 to investigate the properties of the background solar wind by using the three-dimensional (3D) Solar?CInterPlanetary Conservation Element/Solution Element Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model. We also study the effects of polar magnetic fields on the characteristics of the solar corona and the solar wind by conducting simulations with an axisymmetric polar flux added to the observed magnetic field. The numerical results are compared with the observations from multiple satellites, such as the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), Ulysses, Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), Wind and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE). The comparison demonstrates that the first simulation with the observed magnetic fields reproduces some observed peculiarities near the Sun, such as relatively small polar coronal holes, the presence of mid- and low-latitude holes, a tilted and warped current sheet, and the broad multiple streamers. The numerical results also capture the inconsistency between the locus of the minimum wind speed and the location of the heliospheric current sheet, and predict slightly slower and cooler polar streams with a relatively smaller latitudinal width, broad low-latitude intermediate-speed streams, and globally weak magnetic field and low density in the heliosphere. The second simulation with strengthened polar fields indicates that the weak polar fields in the current minimum play a crucial role in determining the states of the corona and the solar wind. 相似文献
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This paper reports on the first combination of results from in-situ plasma measurements at Venus, using data from Venus Express, and remote sensing data from observations of interplanetary scintillation (IPS). In so doing, we demonstrate the value of combining remote sensing and in-situ techniques for the purpose of investigating interaction between solar wind, under several different conditions, and the Venusian magnetosphere. The ion mass analyser instrument (IMA) is used to investigate solar wind interaction with the Venusian magnetosphere in the presence of two different solar wind phenomena; a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) and a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CIR, detected with IPS and sampled in-situ at Venus is found to dramatically affect upstream solar wind conditions. These case studies demonstrate how combining results from these different data sources can be of considerable value when investigating such phenomena. 相似文献
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CELIAS - Charge, Element and Isotope Analysis System for SOHO 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
D. Hovestadt M. Hilchenbach A. Bürgi B. Klecker P. Laeverenz M. Scholer H. Grünwaldt W. I. Axford S. Livi E. Marsch B. Wilken H. P. Winterhoff F. M. Ipavich P. Bedini M. A. Coplan A. B. Galvin G. Gloeckler P. Bochsler H. Balsiger J. Fischer J. Geiss R. Kallenbach P. Wurz K. -U. Reiche F. Gliem D. L. Judge H. S. Ogawa K. C. Hsieh E. Möbius M. A. Lee G. G. Managadze M. I. Verigin M. Neugebauer 《Solar physics》1995,162(1-2):441-481
The CELIAS experiment on SOHO is designed to measure the mass, ionic charge and energy of the low and high speed solar wind, of suprathermal ions, and of low energy flare particles. Through analysis of the elemental and isotopic abundances, the ionic charge state, and the velocity distributions of ions originating in the solar atmosphere, the investigation focuses on the plasma processes on various temporal and spatial scales in the solar chromosphere, transition zone, and corona. CELIAS includes 3 mass- and charge-discriminating sensors based on the time-of-flight technique: CTOF for the elemental, charge and velocity distribution of the solar wind, MTOF for the elemental and isotopic composition of the solar wind, and STOF for the mass, charge and energy distribution of suprathermal ions. The instrument will provide detailed in situ diagnostics of the solar wind and of accelerated particles, which will complement the optical and spectroscopic investigations of the solar atmosphere on SOHO. CELIAS also contains a Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Monitor, SEM, which continously measures the EUV flux in a wide band of 17 – 70 nm, and a narrow band around the 30.4 nm He II line.Principal-InvestigatorPrincipal-Investigator for data phase 相似文献
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We identify coronal holes using a histogram-based intensity thresholding technique and compare their properties to fast solar wind streams at three different points in the heliosphere. The thresholding technique was tested on EUV and X-ray images obtained using instruments onboard STEREO, SOHO and Hinode. The full-disk images were transformed into Lambert equal-area projection maps and partitioned into a series of overlapping sub-images from which local histograms were extracted. The histograms were used to determine the threshold for the low intensity regions, which were then classified as coronal holes or filaments using magnetograms from the SOHO/MDI. For all three instruments, the local thresholding algorithm was found to successfully determine coronal hole boundaries in a consistent manner. Coronal hole properties extracted using the segmentation algorithm were then compared with in situ measurements of the solar wind at ～?1 AU from ACE and STEREO. Our results indicate that flux tubes rooted in coronal holes expand super-radially within 1 AU and that larger (smaller) coronal holes result in longer (shorter) duration high-speed solar wind streams. 相似文献
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J. L. Bertaux E. Kyrölä E. Quémerais R. Pellinen R. Lallement W. Schmidt M. Berthé E. Dimarellis J. P. Goutail C. Taulemesse C. Bernard G. Leppelmeier T. Summanen H. Hannula H. Huomo V. Kehlä S. Korpela K. Leppälä E. Strömmer J. Torsti K. Viherkanto J. F. Hochedez G. Chretiennot R. Peyroux T. Holzer 《Solar physics》1995,162(1-2):403-439
On board the SOHO spacecraft poised at L1 Lagrange point, the SWAN instrument is mainly devoted to the measurement of large scale structures of the solar wind, and in particular the distribution with heliographic latitude of the solar wind mass flux. This is obtained from an intensity map of the sky Lyman emission, which reflects the shape of the ionization cavity carved in the flow of interstellar H atoms by the solar wind. The methodology, inversion procedure and related complications are described. The subject of latitude variation of the solar wind is shortly reviewed: earlier Lyman results from Prognoz in 1976 are confirmed by Ulysses. The importance of the actual value of the solar wind mass flux for the equation of dynamics in a polar coronal hole is stressed. The instrument is composed of one electronic unit commanding two identical Sensor Units, each of them allowing to map a full hemisphere with a resolution of 1°, thanks to a two-mirrors periscope system. The design is described in some details, and the rationale for choice between several variants are discussed. A hydrogen absorption cell is used to measure the shape of the interplanetary Lyman line and other Lyman emissions. Other types of observations are also discussed : the geocorona, comets (old and new), the solar corona, and a possible signature of the heliopause. The connexion with some other SOHO instruments, in particular LASCO, UVCS, SUMER, is briefly discussed. 相似文献
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The radial dependencies of four solar wind parameters (plasma density N, velocity V, temperature T, and magnitude of the interplanetary magnetic field B) are derived from remote sensing data of the solar corona and from in situ measurements in the heliosphere (Helios-1, 2, Pioneer-10, 11, and Voyager-1, 2). Using doubly logarithmic scaling (solar wind parameter vs radial distance from the Sun) one finds two distinct intervals in the ecliptic, i.e., an exponential section within, approximately, the inner heliosphere and a linear section - up to at least 61 AU - in the outer heliosphere. 相似文献
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Low-frequency radio observations offer unique diagnostics of the solar corona and solar wind. After a prolongued hiatus, there is renewed interest in this important frequency regime. Two new ground-based instruments will provide critical new low-frequency observations: the low-frequency array (LOFAR) and the frequency agile solar radiotelescope (FASR). This brief topical review summarizes low-frequency radio phenomena that will be accessible to detailed study by LOFAR and FASR in the coming decade. Energy release, drivers of space weather, and studies of the solar wind are emphasized. Both instruments are expected to play important roles in both basic research problems and national and international space weather capabilities. While FASR is a solar-dedicated instrument, LOFAR is not. Solar observing requirements for LOFAR are briefly discussed. 相似文献
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One of the fundamental questions in solar physics is how the solar corona maintains its high temperature of several million Kelvin above photosphere with a temperature of 6000 K. Observations show that solar coronal heating problem is highly complex with many different facts. It is likely that different heating mechanisms are at work in the solar corona. The separate kinds of coronal loops may also be heated by different mechanisms. Using data from instruments onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and from the more recent Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) scientists have identified small regions of mixed polarity, termed magnetic carpet contributing to solar activity on a short time scale. Magnetic loops of all sizes rise into the solar corona, arising from regions of opposite magnetic polarity in the photosphere. Energy released when oppositely directed magnetic fields meet in the corona is one likely cause for coronal heating. There is enough energy coming up from the loops of the “magnetic carpet” to heat the corona to its known temperature. 相似文献
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Gary D. Parker 《Solar physics》2009,257(1):155-167
During the descent of Ulysses following the 2001 solar north pole passage, the SOHO LASCO C2 telescope recorded a particularly strong sequence of recurrent
polarization brightness (pB) features at latitudes of around 55°. As Ulysses passed overhead, solar rotation swept the interplanetary extensions of these persistent coronal structures over the spacecraft.
Comparison of solar remote sensing and Ulysses
in situ observations through 2002 reveals the solar wind effects of very bright and recurrent K-coronal structures at high solar
latitudes and of a steeply inclined heliospheric neutral sheet (HNS). Despite the high level of solar activity, the HNS at
high latitude still organizes solar wind stream structure much as it did near the previous solar minimum. The recurrent coronal
streamers originate slow solar wind and mark the northern extremity of a very tilted HNS whose passage at Ulysses is accompanied by slow, dense solar wind, enhanced temperature, depressed α abundance, enhanced magnetic fields, and magnetic field directional changes that evolve with spacecraft latitude. 相似文献