The physical interpretation of Alfven wave flux in the solar corona
Abstract
A recent analysis of coronal hole acceleration by McWhirter and Kopp (1979) is examined. It is shown that the approach adopted by these authors is invalid on physical grounds.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- February 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/194.2.381
- Bibcode:
- 1981MNRAS.194..381H
- Keywords:
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- Magnetohydrodynamic Waves;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Wind;
- Conservation Equations;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Flow;
- Wave Propagation;
- Solar Physics