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Energy Supply for Heating the Slow Solar Wind Observed by Parker Solar Probe between 0.17 and 0.7 au


AuthorWu, Honghong; Tu, Chuanyi; Wang, Xin; He, Jiansen; Yang, Liping;
KeywordsParker Data Used; Slow solar wind; interplanetary turbulence; Solar coronal heating
AbstractEnergy supply sources for the heating process in the slow solar wind remain unknown. The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission provides a good opportunity to study this issue. Recently, PSP observations have found that the slow solar wind experiences stronger heating inside 0.24 au. Here for the first time we measure in the slow solar wind the radial gradient of the low-frequency breaks on the magnetic trace power spectra and evaluate the associated energy supply rate. We find that the energy supply rate is consistent with the observed perpendicular heating rate calculated based on the gradient of the magnetic moment. Based on this finding, one could explain why the slow solar wind is strongly heated inside 0.25 au but expands nearly adiabatically outside 0.25 au. This finding supports the concept that the energy added from the energy-containing range is transferred by an energy cascade process to the dissipation range, and then dissipates to heat the slow solar wind. The related issues for further study are discussed.
Year of Publication2020
JournalThe Astrophysical Journal
Volume904
Number of PagesL8
Section
Date Published11/2020
ISBN
URLhttps://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abc5b6
DOI10.3847/2041-8213/abc5b6