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Amplitude of solar wind density turbulence from 10--45 $R_{\odot}$

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2017-01-25 v1

Abstract

We report on the amplitude of the density turbulence spectrum (CN2C_{N}^{2}) and the density modulation index (δN/N\delta N/N) in the solar wind between 1010 and 45R45 R_{\odot}. We derive these quantities using a structure function that is observationally constrained by occultation observations of the Crab nebula made in 2011 and 2013 and similar observations published earlier. We use the most general form of the structure function, together with currently used prescriptions for the inner/dissipation scale of the turbulence spectrum. Our work yields a comprehensive picture of a) the manner in which CN2C_{N}^{2} and δN/N\delta N/N vary with heliocentric distance in the solar wind and b) of the solar cycle dependence of these quantities.

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@article{arxiv.1611.04282,
  title  = {Amplitude of solar wind density turbulence from 10--45 $R_{\odot}$},
  author = {K. Sasikumar Raja and Madhusudan Ingale and R. Ramesh and Prasad Subramanian and P. K. Manoharan and P. Janardhan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.04282},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Accepted for publication in the J. Geophysical Research