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Current sheet magnetic model for the solar corona
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schatten, K. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1972 |
| Description | A new magnetic model is developed and compared with previous models and the observed solar corona. An attempt is made to more accurately compute the three-dimensional currents flowing in the solar corona. Physical reasons are given that require most of the large scale currents flowing in the solar corona to lie near thin sheets. The current sheets are not constrained into any particular geometry or symmetry as in the previous models of Altschuler and Newkirk (1969) and Schatten et al. (1969). A comparison with the axisymmetric, isothermal MHD solution of Pneuman and Kopp (1970) suggests that the model is able to simulate to high accuracy an isothermal corona. A comparison of the model with the May 30, 1965, solar eclipse and the November 12, 1966, solar eclipse shows the model is capable of computing many features including the polar plume orientations as well as radial and nonradial streamers in the solar corona. |
| File Size | 3194053 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730002037 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t50g8f41p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1972-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Solar Eclipses Solar Corona Magnetohydrodynamics Current Sheets Three Dimensional Flow Solar Physics Mathematical Models Solar Magnetic Field Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |