Composition Variations in the Solar Corona and Solar Wind |
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Authors: | J C Raymond |
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Institution: | (1) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA |
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Abstract: | Order of magnitude variations in relative elemental abundances are observed in the solar corona and solar wind. The instruments
aboard SOHO make it possible to explore these variations in detail to determine whether they arise near the solar surface
or higher in the corona. A substantial enhancement of low First Ionization Potential (FIP) elements relative to high FIP elements
is often seen in both the corona and the solar wind, and that must arise in the chromosphere. Several theoretical models have
been put forward to account for the FIP effect, but as yet even the basic physical mechanism responsible remains an open question.
Evidence for gravitational settling is also found at larger heights in quiescent streamers. The question is why the heavier
elements don't settle out completely.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | corona solar wind composition |
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