Generation of Flows in the Solar Chromosphere Due to Magnetofluid Coupling
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1 Plasma Physics
Abstract
It is shown that a generalized magneto-Bernoulli mechanism can effectively generate high velocity flows in the Solar chromosphere by transforming the plasma pressure energy into kinetic energy. It is found that at reasonable heights and for realistic plasma parameters, there is a precipitous pressure fall accompanied by a sharp amplification of the flow speed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0204311,
title = {Generation of Flows in the Solar Chromosphere Due to Magnetofluid Coupling},
author = {Swadesh M. Mahajan and Komunela I. Nikol'skaya and Nana L. Shatashvili and Zensho Yoshida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0204311},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages of text and 2 figures. Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters