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Highly Alfvenic Slow Solar WindIt is commonly thought that fast solar wind tends to be highly Alfvenic, with strong correlations between velocity and magnetic fluctuations, but examples have been known for over 20 years in which slow wind is both Alfvenic and has many other properties more typically expected of fast solar wind. This paper will present a search for examples of such flows from more recent data, and will begin to characterize the general characteristics of them. A very preliminary search suggests that such intervals are more common in the rising phase of the solar cycle. These intervals are important for providing constraints on models of solar wind acceleration, and in particular the role waves might or might not play in that process.
Document ID
20110006989
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Roberts, D. Aaron
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
November 15, 2010
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2010 American Geophysical Union (AGU)Fall Meeting
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: December 13, 2010
End Date: December 17, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
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