On the Viscous Attenuation of Alfvénic Fluctuations in the Solar Wind
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摘要: 本文讨论了被认为是可能存在的Alfvén脉动的粘性衰减效应.分析表明,Alfvén脉动的粘性衰减应是各向异性的,它正比于平行于平均磁场的脉动分量.若平行于与垂直于平均磁场方向的脉动能量之比为一常数,波长大于碰撞自由程的波动经历的粘性衰减都集中在20R⊙以内.在0.3AU至1AU,各频率的Alfvén脉动将不经历显著的由库仑碰撞决定的粘性衰减.粘性衰减机制不能解释观测到的谱的径向变化.如果在接近太阳的空间,Alfvén脉动确有平行分量,那么它的粘性衰减将会对快发散流管中的太阳风有加速作用.如果在接近太阳的区域,Alfvén脉动的平行分量小得可以忽略的话,Alfvén脉动将不经受任何经典粘性衰减.Abstract: The possibility of the viscous attenuation of the Alfvénic fluctuation in the solar wind is discused with a viscous WKB solution of incompressible Alfvén waves, the wavelength of wich are larger than the mean free path. Because the proton gyro-frequency is much larger than the collision frequency in the solar wind, viscous attenuation should be propotional to the component of the fluctuation parallel to the average magnetic field vector. If the ratio between the amplitudes of the parallel component and the perpendicular component is a constant with respect to the heliocentric distance r, no viscous attenuation occurs for 0.3 AU < r < 1.0 AU, whereas for r<20 R⊙, the Alfvenic fluctuation will suffer some viscous attenuation, that may accelerate the solar wind. If, however, there is not parallel component for r < 20R⊙, the fluctuation will not suffer any viscus attenuation in the interplanetary space.
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