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Testing Models of the Fast Solar Wind using Spectroscopic and In Situ Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2018

Andrzej Fludra
Affiliation:
RAL Space, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK email: andrzej.fludra@stfc.ac.uk
Enrico Landi
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA email: elandi@umich.edu
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Abstract

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We present a new technique to study joint observations of EUV spectral line intensities and in situ charge states of the fast solar wind. We solve the time-dependent equation for ionization and recombination for a chosen element and calculate the charge state evolution along the open magnetic fields for elements such as C, O, Ne, Mg, Si and Fe. Comparing predicted spectral lines intensities above the limb and in situ charge states to observations from SOHO/SUMER and Ulysses/SWICS, we test how well the modelled thermodynamic parameters of the solar wind reproduce observations. We outline the application of this method to Solar Orbiter data.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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