Solar Wind Speed Theory and the Nonextensivity of Solar Corona

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-03325-4_10MaRDI QIDQ3019101zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jiulin Du, Yanli Song

Publication date 27 July 2011

Published in Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2170

zbMATH Keywords

statistical mechanicsastrophysical fluid dynamicsnonextensive statisticssolar physicssunChapman's coronal modelsolar wind theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Statistical astronomy (85A35) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Abstract: The solar corona is a complex system, with nonisothermal plasma and being in the self-gravitating field of the Sun. So the corona plasma is not only a nonequilibrium system but also a nonextensive one. We estimate the parameter of describing the degree of nonextensivity of the corona plasma and study the generalization of the solar wind speed theory in the framework of nonextensive statistical mechanics. It is found that, when use Chapman's corona model (1957) as the radial distribution of the temperature in the corona, the nonextensivity reduces the gas pressure outward and thus leads a significant deceleration effect on the radial speed of the solar wind.

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