Klein, KG;
Perez, JC;
Verscharen, D;
Mallet, A;
Chandran, BDG;
(2015)
A Modified Version of Taylor's Hypothesis for Solar Probe Plus Observations.
The Astrophysical Journal
, 801
(1)
, Article L18. 10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/L18.
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Abstract
The Solar Probe Plus (SPP) spacecraft will explore the near-Sun environment, reaching heliocentric distances less than 10 R⨀. Near Earth, spacecraft measurements of fluctuating velocities and magnetic fields taken in the time domain are translated into information about the spatial structure of the solar wind via Taylor's "frozen turbulence" hypothesis. Near the perihelion of SPP, however, the solar-wind speed is comparable to the Alfvén speed, and Taylor's hypothesis in its usual form does not apply. In this paper, we show that under certain assumptions, a modified version of Taylor's hypothesis can be recovered in the near-Sun region. We consider only the transverse, non-compressive component of the fluctuations at length scales exceeding the proton gyroradius, and we describe these fluctuations using an approximate theoretical framework developed by Heinemann and Olbert. We show that fluctuations propagating away from the Sun in the plasma frame obey a relation analogous to Taylor's hypothesis when Vsc,⊥ ≫ z- and z+ ≫ z-, where Vsc,⊥ is the component of the spacecraft velocity perpendicular to the mean magnetic field and z+ (z-) is the Elsasser variable corresponding to transverse, non-compressive fluctuations propagating away from (toward) the Sun in the plasma frame. Observations and simulations suggest that, in the near-Sun solar wind, the above inequalities are satisfied and z+ fluctuations account for most of the fluctuation energy. The modified form of Taylor's hypothesis that we derive may thus make it possible to characterize the spatial structure of the energetically dominant component of the turbulence encountered by SPP.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Modified Version of Taylor's Hypothesis for Solar Probe Plus Observations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/L18 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/L18 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | plasmas; solar wind; Sun: corona; turbulence |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081147 |
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