冕洞边缘结构对日冕物质抛射的可能贡献

分析了１９８０、１９８４和１９８９年ＳＭＭ卫星观测到的１４０次日冕物质抛射事件在时空分布上与“冕洞边缘结构”、耀斑爆发和爆发日珥等事件的相关关系。结果表明,ＣＭＥ事件与日冕边缘结构的关系最密切。此外,ＣＭＥ与赤道冕洞具有同步的长期演化关系。由此认为,冕洞边缘结构对ＣＭＥ的可能贡献是不可忽视的。     

射电运动IV型爆发和日冕物质抛射

射电Ⅳ型运动爆发同日冕物质抛射（ＣＭＥｓ）关系极为密切。本文基于对Ⅳ型运动爆发的研究以及ＣＭＥｓ开放场的物理条件,探讨了ＣＭＥｓ形成及抛射的物理条件。由于磁通量突然喷发,能量大量释放,在ＣＭＥ闭合场中的等离子体被加速,导致高能质子和高能电子被大磁环捕获。随着磁环内的热压Ｐ和磁压Ｐｍ的升高,当β〉βＴ时磁环将炸裂,从而产生ＣＭＥｓ。抛射出的未离化的等离子体团将产生等离子体基波与谐波辐射。随着等离子体     

射电运动Ⅳ型爆发和日冕物质抛射

射电Ⅳ型运动爆发同日冕物质抛射（ＣＭＥｓ）关系极为密切。本文基于对Ⅳ型运动爆发的研究以及ＣＭＥｓ开放场的物理条件,探讨了ＣＭＥｓ形成及抛射的物理条件。由于磁通量突然喷发,能量大量释放,在ＣＭＥ闭合场中的等离子体被加速,导致高能质子和高能电子被大磁环捕获。随着磁环内的热压Ｐ和磁压Ｐｍ的升高,当β＞βＴ时磁环将炸裂,从而产生ＣＭＥｓ。抛射出的未离化的等离子体团将产生等离子体基波与谐波辐射。随着等离子体的不断离化,高能相对论电子绕开放磁场线作螺旋飞行,这时等离体辐射降到次要地位,回旋同步加速辐射上升到主导地位,这就是射电Ⅳ型运动爆发。如果离化的早,则在微波波段也能看到Ⅳ型运动爆发。这就是微波Ⅳ型爆发,也是微波Ⅳ型爆发罕见的原因。射电运动Ⅳ型爆发源就是日冕抛射的物质。     

太阳米波尖峰辐射与耀斑,CME相互关系的观测研究

在本文中,我们对米波太阳射电爆发的观测和研究（Ｓｐｉｋｅｓ以及各类爆发）进行了较全面的总结,对Ｓｐｉｋｅｓ、米波射电爆发及基和太阳耀斑、ＣＭＥ（日冕物质抛射）的相互关系也给出了比较详细的讨论关加以概括;针对米波射电的未来观测和研究、米波Ｓｐｉｋｅｓ与广泛的其它太阳耀斑现象的米波射电爆发才耀斑及ＣＭＥ的关系和米波射电辐射的理论问题,在理论和观测两方面提出了未来工作的设想和建议。主要观战和结论有：     

232MHz太阳爆发与日冕物质抛射

利用综合孔径射电望远镜的２３２ＭＨｚ观测太阳,具有３．８’的空间分辨率,２０ｍｓ的时间分辨率和高灵敏度及很好的抗干扰能力。１９９９年共观测到１２次大爆发,其中８次与日冕物质抛射相关,可以利用米波射电爆发预报ＣＭＥ事件。     

232 MHz太阳爆发与日冕物质抛射

利用综合孔径射电望远镜在 ２３２ ＭＨｚ观测太阳,具有 ３·８’的空间分辨率、 ２０ ｍｓ 的时间分辨率和高灵敏度及很好的抗干扰能力．１９９９年共观测到１２次大爆发,其中８次与日冕物质抛射相关．可以利用米波射电爆发预报ＣＭＥ事件．     

冕洞边界区磁结构的探讨──Ⅱ．太阳活动20、21周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变化

本文分析讨论了太阳活动２０、２１周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变化。它包括：冕洞区光球磁场强度、磁极性的变化；冕洞面积与高速太阳风风速的关系；冕洞边界周围的环境。重点探讨太阳活动下降、极小相低纬、赤道冕洞区与其边界区磁结构的变化。     

日冕物质抛射的观测性质

综述日冕物质抛射的观测和持性，简短的前言之后，给出ＣＭＥ的发现经过及统计特性，着重介绍ＣＭＥ与其他种类太阳活动的相关。然后介绍ＣＭＥ的一般特性，包括可能与ＣＭＥ相关的一些物理过程的观测特性。初步结论是：ＣＭＥ是一种演变中的磁结构现象。     

冕洞边界区磁结构的探讨—Ⅱ.太阳活动20,21周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变

本文分析讨论了太阳活动２０、２１周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变化，它包括：冕洞区光球磁场强度、磁极性的变化；冕洞面积与高速太阳风风速的关系，冕洞边界周围的环境，重点探讨太阳活动下降，极小相低纬，赤道冕洞区与其边界区磁结构的变化。     

冕洞的地磁效应

分析了２２太阳活动周（１９８６．１—１９９５．６；ＣＲ１７７１—ＣＲ１８９８）冕洞对地磁扰动的长期效应和短期效应。作为长期效应，赤道冕洞数和面积指数随太阳活动周的演化与同期的地磁Ａｐ指数的长期变化基本一致，二者在α＝０．０１的信度水平上密切相关，表明赤道冕洞不仅对低年的磁扰有贡献，而且对峰年期间地磁扰动的贡献也是不可忽视的。对冕洞的短期地磁效应的研究表明，不论哪种类型的冕洞，在它们过中经后的１—４天，地磁Ａｐ指数都有不同程度的增长；大冕洞比小冕洞引起的地磁效应较强烈；跨越赤道的冕洞比未跨越赤道的同级冕洞引起的地磁效应较强烈     

The Geometric Spreading of Coronal Plumes and Coronal Holes

The geometric spreading in plumes and in the interplume region in coronal holes is calculated, using analytic and numerical theoretical models, between 1.0 and 5.0 R. We apply a two-scale approximation that permits the rapid local spreading at the base of plumes (f_l) to be evaluated separately from the global spreading (f_g) imposed by coronal hole geometry. We show that f_l can be computed from a potential-field model and f_g can be computed from global magnetohydrodynamic simulations of coronal structure. The approximations are valid when the plasma beta is small with respect to unity and for a plume separation small with respect to a solar radius.     

The Influence of the Solar Coronal Radiation on Coronal Plasma Structures,I: Determination of the Incident Coronal Radiation

Coronal structures receive radiation not only from the solar disc, but also from the corona. This height-dependent incident radiation plays a crucial role in the excitation and the ionisation of the illuminated plasma. The aim of this article is to present a method for computing the detailed incident radiation coming from the solar corona, which is perceived at a point located at an arbitrary height. The coronal radiation is calculated by integrating the radiation received at a point in the corona over all of the corona visible from this point. The emission from the corona at all wavelengths of interest is computed using atomic data provided by CHIANTI. We obtain the spectrum illuminating points located at varying heights in the corona at wavelengths between 100 and 912 Å when photons can ionise H or He atoms and ions in their ground states. As expected, individual spectral lines will contribute most at the height within the corona where the local temperature is closest to their formation temperature. As there are many spectral lines produced by many ions, the coronal intensity cannot be assumed to vary in the same way at all wavelengths and so must be calculated for each separate height that is to be considered. This code can be used to compute the spectrum from the corona illuminating a point at any given height above the solar surface. This brings a necessary improvement to models where an accurate determination of the excitation and ionisation states of coronal plasma structures is crucial.     

The Coronal Mass Ejection Waiting-Time Distribution

The distribution of times t between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) CME catalog for the years 1996–2001 is examined. The distribution exhibits a power-law tail (t) with an index –2.36±0.11 for large waiting times (t>10 hours). The power-law index of the waiting-time distribution varies with the solar cycle: for the years 1996–1998 (a period of low activity), the power-law index is –1.86±0.14, and for the years 1999–2001 (a period of higher activity), the index is –2.98±0.20. The observed CME waiting-time distribution, and its variation with the cycle, may be understood in terms of CMEs occurring as a time-dependent Poisson process. The CME waiting-time distribution is compared with that for greater than C1 class solar flares in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) catalog for the same years. The flare and CME waiting-time distributions exhibit power-law tails with very similar indices and time variation.     

The Front-to-Back Asymmetry of Coronal Emission

Several recent papers have considered the observation of halo coronal mass ejections (CMEs) using the assumption that coronal emission is symmetric with respect to angular position from the Sun. This paper presents a simple but rigorous treatment of the observation of a single electron in the solar corona. The brightness of an electron as a function of height and angle from the solar limb is presented. The conclusion is reached that there is a front-to-back asymmetry of coronal emission that becomes significant at large angle and/or large height. The observation of halo CMEs is considered. The suggestion is made that a mass cut-off makes it likely that halo CMEs will be more massive, wider, and faster than the typical CMEs. Front-side halos should be more commonly observed than CMEs from the back side.     

Coronal disturbances

A fast coronal transient event was observed simultaneously on 17 February 1972 by the Sacramento Peak Observatory 6-in. λ 5303 filter coronagraph and the High Altitude Observatory K-coronameter. We interpret the rapid opening of green line structure cospatial with the disappearance of a white light streamer as material motion of iron ions and electrons. Together with the subsequent two-fold increase in K-corona brightness in an adjacent region, this is taken as evidence of a transference of electrons to a new streamer in a realignment of magnetic flux tubes accompanying a flare.     

Coronal heating

The prospects for observational tests of coronal heating theories are examined. Three heating mechanisms (Alfvén waves, D.C. electric currents, and MHD turbulence) are reviewed from this point of view. Some suggestions are offered for future tests but none, so far, would give unambiguous critical results.Operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.     

Coronal streamers

This work extends a previous analysis of helmet streamers into the somewhat higher range of coronal temperature where streamer geometries are shown to be open, in the sense that there is solar wind expansion everywhere. It is shown that, for a given photospheric field distribution, a certain minimum temperature is required for this type of streamer - this minimum temperature coinciding with the maximum temperature compatible with a helmet streamer. Near this minimum temperature, the streamer is very constricted and the critical point in the streamer core lies at the point of minimum cross-section. Hence the throat, under these conditions, becomes a true geometrical throat rather than the conventional gravitational throat. As the temperature is increased, the streamer shape becomes correspondingly more radial and the location of the throat becomes asymptotically more gravitationally determined. Residual manifestations of coronal streamers at large distances are investigated. It is found that lateral density variations at the earth's orbit tend to be small but velocity variations can become appreciable (100–200 km/sec) for streamers originating in regions where the photospheric magnetic field is strong. At large distances, either streamer or interstreamer regions can dominate, the former occurring at high temperature (2 × 10⁶K) and the latter being favored at lower temperature (1.5 × 10⁶K). In all cases the cross-section becomes essentially radial just above the point where it is a minimum. The marked sensitivity of these shapes to coronal temperature is pointed out - computations indicating that streamers can vary from helmet configurations to almost radial filaments for a very slight increase in temperature. This behavior suggests a strong solar cycle influence upon coronal form.     

Coronal disturbances

Time lapse movies acquired with the Sacramento Peak Observatory 6-in filter coronagraph very infrequently show dramatic transient events. Many of these events (at 1.04 < r/r < 1.20) are correlated with H activity at the limb, especially with large surges and eruptive prominences. Metric or centrimetric radio bursts are found associated with certain types of 5303 coronal events. The heights to which such disturbances will propagate can often be estimated from the green line movie data. We report the results of a study of all the examples of such transients observed during the last 16 years.     

Coronal Periodmaps

The search for signatures of wave and oscillatory processes in the solar corona in the data obtained with imaging instruments can be automated by using the periodmap method. The method reduces a three-dimensional data cube to a two-dimensional map of the analysed field of view. The map reveals the presence and distribution of the most pronounced frequencies in the power spectrum of the time signal recorded at spatial pixels. We demonstrate the applicability of this method as a pre-analysis tool with the use of TRACE EUV coronal data, which contain examples of transverse and longitudinal oscillations of coronal loops. The main advantage of using periodmaps over other possible (more sophisticated) pre-analysis tools, such as wavelet analysis, is their robustness and efficiency (both in speed and computational power). The method can be implemented in the Hinode/XRT and SDO/AIA data pre-analysis.