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Variation of Alfven fluctuations across a slow shock near the sun

  • Feng si Wei*
  • , Chuan yi Tu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Peking University

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Abstract

We consider how the Alfven fluctuation varies as it passes through a slow MHD shock, assuming the fluctuation to originate on the Sun and such slow shocks are present between 2 and 6 solar radii. The results are 1) low latitude region in the vicinity of the neutral sheet is where the fluctuation can propagate with no or little distortion; 2) high latitude region far from the neutral sheet is a region of small distortion only for low Alfven-Mach numbers (about 0.3 or lower); 3) the observation of the Alfven fluctuations in space is consistent with, and lends support to their originating in the Sun and the existence of slow shock around the Sun.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)54-59
Number of pages6
JournalChinese Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1985
Externally publishedYes

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