Plasma Properties of Pseudostreamers and Their Solar Wind Streams
Abstract
We study pseudostreamers (i.e., open-field extensions of plasma from unipolar footpoints in the corona; distinct from classical helmet streamers that have opposite-polarity footpoints) that are believed to be sources of slow to intermediate speed wind streams. We make use of multi-spacecraft and ground-based observations that extend from the solar corona to the solar wind at 1 AU. We compare the physical properties of selected pseudostreamers and helmet streamers to characterize how the differences in magnetic topology affect the plasma properties of the coronal structures and their wind.
- Publication:
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AAS/AGU Triennial Earth-Sun Summit
- Pub Date:
- April 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015TESS....140902M