Propagation of solar disturbances in interplanetary space
Abstract
Time-dependent solutions of a one-fluid model of the interplanetary medium are investigated. This set of unsteady hydrodynamic equations has been written in conservation form in order to apply the Lax-Wendroff method for the solution of this problem. The initial condition is specified by a pulse at 1 solar radius. The equilibrium condition is chosen to be the steady solution of a quiet solar wind. The specified solar disturbances in this calculation are allowed to be both sub- and supersonic by the present theoretical formulation. The results are presented in terms of density, velocity, and temperature profiles of the interplanetary gas flow at heliocentric distances up to about 10 AU at any particular time. The trajectories of disturbances for various initial pulses are shown. Some 1972 solar-flare observational data are compared with these theoretical calculations. From these calculations, the effects on the interplanetary environment, due to the propagation of solar disturbances, can be determined.
- Publication:
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Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 1
- Pub Date:
- 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974stp.....1..191W
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Gas Flow;
- Interplanetary Medium;
- Solar Activity Effects;
- Solar Wind;
- Conservation Equations;
- Hydrodynamic Equations;
- Solar Flares;
- Steady State;
- Time Dependence;
- Astrophysics