Brooks, David H;
Baker, Deborah;
Van Driel-Gesztelyi, Lidia;
Warren, Harry P;
Yardley, Stephanie L;
(2022)
Detection of Stellar-like Abundance Anomalies in the Slow Solar Wind.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
, 930
(1)
L10-L10.
10.3847/2041-8213/ac6878.
Preview |
Text
Baker_Detection of Stellar-like Abundance Anomalies in the Slow Solar Wind_VoR.pdf - Published Version Download (989kB) | Preview |
Abstract
The elemental composition of the Sun's hot atmosphere, the corona, shows a distinctive pattern that is different from the underlying surface or photosphere. Elements that are easy to ionize in the chromosphere are enhanced in abundance in the corona compared to their photospheric values. A similar pattern of behavior is often observed in the slow-speed (<500 km s−1) solar wind and in solar-like stellar coronae, while a reversed effect is seen in M dwarfs. Studies of the inverse effect have been hampered in the past because only unresolved (point-source) spectroscopic data were available for these stellar targets. Here we report the discovery of several inverse events observed in situ in the slow solar wind using particle-counting techniques. These very rare events all occur during periods of high solar activity that mimic conditions more widespread on M dwarfs. The detections allow a new way of connecting the slow wind to its solar source and are broadly consistent with theoretical models of abundance variations due to chromospheric fast-mode waves with amplitudes of 8–10 km s−1, sufficient to accelerate the solar wind. The results imply that M-dwarf winds are dominated by plasma depleted in easily ionized elements and lend credence to previous spectroscopic measurements.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Detection of Stellar-like Abundance Anomalies in the Slow Solar Wind |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/ac6878 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac6878 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
| UCL classification: | 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 UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148209 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
