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Solar wind flow associated with stream-free sector boundaries at 1 AU

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dc.contributor.author Sastri, J. H
dc.date.accessioned 2008-09-20T11:25:43Z
dc.date.available 2008-09-20T11:25:43Z
dc.date.issued 1987-09
dc.identifier.citation Solar Physics , Vol. 111, No. 2, pp. 429 - 437 en
dc.identifier.issn 0038-0938
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3739
dc.description.abstract The correlations between the plasma characteristics of the solar wind flow in the vicinity (± 12 hr) of stream-free sector boundaries near Earth are examined using the composite data base of interplanetary plasma for the period 1965–1980. We confirm the result of Lopez et al. (1986) of an inverse relationship of the proton temperature (T p) with the momentum flux density (NV 2) in the low speed wind at 1 AU. The coefficients of lines of best fit to the T pvs NV 2(as well as T pvs V) distribution in our sample are, however, significantly different from those of the undifferentiated sample of low speed wind considered by Lopez et al. such that T pis, in general, lower than expected. We find further that the proton number density (N) varies as the inverse cube of the flow speed (V) indicating an invariance of the kinetic energy flux density (NV 3) relative to velocity structure in the plasma flow around stream-free boundaries. These average relationships, which are unaffected by interplanetary dynamical processes, are suggested to be due to sub-sonic addition of momentum and energy to the solar wind flow from the source structures, namely coronal streamers. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers en
dc.relation.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00148530 en
dc.rights © Springer
dc.subject Free boundaries en
dc.subject Solar corona en
dc.subject Solar cycles en
dc.subject Solar rotation en
dc.subject Solar wind en
dc.subject Kinetic energy en
dc.subject Plasma physics en
dc.title Solar wind flow associated with stream-free sector boundaries at 1 AU en
dc.type Article en


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