Stellar mass flux and coronal heating by shock waves
Abstract
A self-consistent oversimplified model is proposed which maintains the global balance of energy sources and sinks from the chromospheric level to the interplanetary medium. The heating mechanism chosen is the shock wave dissipation. The model includes self-consistently the different couplings between convective energy flux, conductive flux, radiation losses in optically thin atmospheres, shock wave pressure, and dissipation terms. The input parameters are the base pressure, the base temperature, and the mechanical flux introduced at the chromospheric level in the form of shock waves. For one set of input parameters, some characteristic quantities are presented for four levels: the chromospheric level, the temperature maximum, the critical point, and the earth orbit.
- Publication:
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Solar and Interplanetary Dynamics
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980IAUS...91..127C
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Heating;
- Mass Flow;
- Shock Waves;
- Solar Atmosphere;
- Solar Corona;
- Chromosphere;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Solar Wind;
- Solar Physics