Recurrent solar density transients in the slow wind observed with the Metis coronagraph

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Ventura, R. - Antonucci, E. - Downs, C. - Heinzel, Petr … celkem 25 autorů
Recurrent solar density transients in the slow wind observed with the Metis coronagraph.
Astronomy & Astrophysics. Roč. 675, July (2023), č. článku A170. ISSN 0004-6361. E-ISSN 1432-0746
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985815
Klíčová slova: Sun * corona * solar wind
Obor OECD: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
Impakt faktor: 6.5, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Open access

We aim to investigate and characterize the morphology and dynamics of small-scale coronal plasma density inhomogeneities detected as brighter, denser features propagating outward through the solar corona in the visible-light images of the Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter on February 22, 2021. Our main focus is on investigating their possible origin and contribution to the slow wind variability and dynamics and their dependence on coronal magnetic field configurations and structure. The results suggest that the quasi-periodic enhanced-density plasmoids might be the consequence of reconnection phenomena occurring in the complex web of the separatrix and quasi-separatrix layers present in the solar corona. Moreover, the structural characteristics of some of the detected plasmoids are in favor of the presence of switchbacks that originate during interchange reconnection processes occurring at or below 3 R-& ODOT, in the S-web. The speed of the plasma ejected in the reconnection process is higher than that of the ambient slow solar wind and is likely to be related to the energy involved in the process generating the propagating structures.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0345572