Coronal streamers' theories |
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Authors: | C Göran Schultz |
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Institution: | (1) Space Research Laboratory, ERNE, University of Turku, Tykistökatu 4 A, 20520 Turku, Finland |
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Abstract: | Some theoretical aspects of solar coronal streamers are discussed with emphasis on the current sheet and reconnection processes going on along the axis of the streamer. The dynamics of the streamer is a combination of MHD and transport, with acceleration of particles due to reconnection and leakage of plasma outwards as a slow solar wind as the observable results. The presence of the almost-closed magnetic bottles of streamers that can store high-energy particles for significant times provides the birdcage for solar cosmic rays, the reconnection in the sheet feeds medium-energy protons into the corona for the large-scale storage needed for certain flare models, and the build-up of excess density sets the stage for coronal mass ejections. |
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Keywords: | Corona MHD-Sun Sun-magnetic fields Streamers |
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