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Titel Compressive fluctuations in high-latitude solar wind
VerfasserIn B. Bavassano, E. Pietropaolo, R. Bruno
Medientyp Artikel
Sprache Englisch
ISSN 0992-7689
Digitales Dokument URL
Erschienen In: Annales Geophysicae ; 22, no. 2 ; Nr. 22, no. 2 (2004-01-01), S.689-696
Datensatznummer 250014792
Publikation (Nr.) Volltext-Dokument vorhandencopernicus.org/angeo-22-689-2004.pdf
 
Zusammenfassung
Solar wind compressive fluctuations at MHD scales have been extensively studied in the past using data from spacecraft on the ecliptic plane. In the present study, based on plasma and magnetic field measurements by Ulysses, a statistical analysis of the compressive fluctuations observed in the high-latitude solar wind is performed. Data are from the first out-of-ecliptic orbit of Ulysses, when the Sun's activity is low and the high-latitude heliosphere is characterized by the presence of a fast and relatively steady solar wind, the polar wind. Our analysis is based on the computation of hourly-scale correlation coefficients for several pairs of solar wind parameters such as velocity, density, temperature, magnetic field magnitude, and plasma pressures (thermal, magnetic, and total). The behaviour of the fluctuations in terms of their amplitude has been examined, too, and comparisons with the predictions of existing models have been performed. The results support the view that the compressive fluctuations in the polar solar wind are mainly a superposition of MHD compressive modes and of pressure-balanced structures. Nearly-incompressible effects do not seem to play a relevant role. In conclusion, our results about compressive fluctuations in the polar wind do not appear as a break with respect to previous low-latitude observations. However, our study clearly indicates that in a homogeneous environment, as the polar wind, the pressure-balanced fluctuations tend to play a major role.

Key words. Interplanetary physics (MHD waves and turbulence; solar wind plasma) – Space plasma physics (turbulence)

 
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