Solar Physics

, Volume 29, Issue 1, pp 233–241 | Cite as

Restrictions on radial magnetic field and flow solutions for the solar wind

  • M. S. Gussenhoven
  • R. L. Carovillano
Article

Abstract

In Parker's original model, the solar wind is represented as a spherically symmetric hydrodynamic flow. The velocity is radially directed and decoupled from the magnetic field. The simple extension of this model to include a dependence on the polar angle, θ, is shown to be invalid for radial flow and radial magnetic field. This work demonstrates how ad hoc symmetry conditions imposed to simplify a non-linear problem can be incompatible with the basic hydromagnetic equations.

Keywords

Magnetic Field Solar Wind Original Model Polar Angle Symmetry Condition 
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© D. Reidel Publishing Company 1973

Authors and Affiliations

  • M. S. Gussenhoven
    • 1
  • R. L. Carovillano
    • 1
  1. 1.Dept. of PhysicsBoston CollegeChestnut HillU.S.A.

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