Which Component of Solar Magnetic Field Drives the Evolution of Interplanetary Magnetic Field over the Solar Cycle?

Solar Wind Anr Interplanetary Magnetic Field

1. Basic Concepts 2. Sun and Heliosphere at Times of Solar Activity Minimum 2.1. Typical Solar Wind and its Sources 2.2. The Ballerina Model 2.3. Solar Wind Stream Structure 2.4. The Two Basic States of the Solar Wind 2.4.1. Differences 2.4.2. Communities 2.5. Solar Wind Acceleration and Expansion 2.6. Solar Wind Streams and Their Interactions 2.6.1. Corotating Interaction Regions in the Inner ...

Reconstruction of Solar Coronal Linear Force-Free Magnetic Field

Solar Wind and Interplanetary Magnetic Field: A Tutorial

The convection layer completes the transport of energy from the nuclear furnace at the center of the sun to its radiation into space by the photosphere, but most importantly for the solar wind it sets the temporal and spatial scales for the structure of the coronal magnetic field that in turn controls the properties of the solar wind. In this tutorial review we examine the properties of the fie...

The Magnetic Field of Solar Spicules

Determining the magnetic field of solar spicules is vital for developing adequate models of these plasma jets, which are thought to play a key role in the thermal, dynamic, and magnetic structure of the chromosphere. Here we report on magnetic spicule properties in a very quiet region of the off-limb solar atmosphere, as inferred from new spectropolarimetric observations in the He I 10830 Å tri...

Recycling of the Solar Corona’s Magnetic Field

Magnetic fields play a dominant role in the atmospheres of the Sun and other Sun-like stars. Outside sunspot regions, the photosphere of the so-called quiet Sun contains myriads of small-scale magnetic concentrations, with strengths ranging from the detection limit of ∼1016 Mx up to ∼ Mx. The tireless motion of these magnetic 20 3 # 10 flux concentrations, along with the continual appearance an...