Investigating Solar Wind Outflows from Open-Closed Magnetic Field Structures Using Coordinated Solar Orbiter and Hinode Observations
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| author | Ngampoopun, Nawin Susino, Roberto Brooks, David H. Lionello, Roberto Abbo, Lucia Spadaro, Daniele Baker, Deborah Green, Lucie M. Long, David M. Yardley, Stephanie L. James, Alexander W. Romoli, Marco Giordano, Silvio M. Burtovoi, Aleksandr Landini, Federico Russano, Giuliana |
| author_facet | Ngampoopun, Nawin Susino, Roberto Brooks, David H. Lionello, Roberto Abbo, Lucia Spadaro, Daniele Baker, Deborah Green, Lucie M. Long, David M. Yardley, Stephanie L. James, Alexander W. Romoli, Marco Giordano, Silvio M. Burtovoi, Aleksandr Landini, Federico Russano, Giuliana |
| contents | ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter (SO) allows us to study the solar corona at closer distances and from different perspectives, which helps us to gain significant insights into the origins of the solar wind. In this work, we present the analysis of solar wind outflows from two locations: a narrow open-field corridor and a small, mid-latitude coronal hole. These outflows were observed off-limb by the Metis coronagraph onboard SO and on-disk by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode. Magnetic field extrapolations suggest that the upflow regions seen in EIS were the sources of the outflowing solar wind observed with Metis. We find that the plasma associated with the narrow open-field corridor has higher electron densities and lower outflow velocities compared to the coronal hole plasma in the middle corona, even though the plasma properties of the two source regions in the low corona are found to be relatively similar. The speed of solar wind from the open-field corridor also shows no correlation with the magnetic field expansion factor, unlike the coronal hole. These pronounced differences at higher altitudes may arise from the dynamic nature of the low-middle corona, in which reconnection can readily occur and may play an important role in driving solar wind variability. |
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| spellingShingle | Investigating Solar Wind Outflows from Open-Closed Magnetic Field Structures Using Coordinated Solar Orbiter and Hinode Observations Ngampoopun, Nawin Susino, Roberto Brooks, David H. Lionello, Roberto Abbo, Lucia Spadaro, Daniele Baker, Deborah Green, Lucie M. Long, David M. Yardley, Stephanie L. James, Alexander W. Romoli, Marco Giordano, Silvio M. Burtovoi, Aleksandr Landini, Federico Russano, Giuliana Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter (SO) allows us to study the solar corona at closer distances and from different perspectives, which helps us to gain significant insights into the origins of the solar wind. In this work, we present the analysis of solar wind outflows from two locations: a narrow open-field corridor and a small, mid-latitude coronal hole. These outflows were observed off-limb by the Metis coronagraph onboard SO and on-disk by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode. Magnetic field extrapolations suggest that the upflow regions seen in EIS were the sources of the outflowing solar wind observed with Metis. We find that the plasma associated with the narrow open-field corridor has higher electron densities and lower outflow velocities compared to the coronal hole plasma in the middle corona, even though the plasma properties of the two source regions in the low corona are found to be relatively similar. The speed of solar wind from the open-field corridor also shows no correlation with the magnetic field expansion factor, unlike the coronal hole. These pronounced differences at higher altitudes may arise from the dynamic nature of the low-middle corona, in which reconnection can readily occur and may play an important role in driving solar wind variability. |
| title | Investigating Solar Wind Outflows from Open-Closed Magnetic Field Structures Using Coordinated Solar Orbiter and Hinode Observations |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08290 |