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Global Structure of the Inner Solar Wind and it's Dynamic in the Solar Activity Cycle from IPS Observations with Multi-Beam Radio Telescope BSA LPI Chashei I.V., Shishov V.I., Tyulbashev S.A., Oreshko V.V., Subaev S.A. Radio telescope BSA LPI (Big Scanning Array of Lebedev Physical Institute) Frequency 111 MHz Bandwidth 2.5 MHz, sampling rate 0.1 s dipoles Since 2006 monitoring regime 16 beams, 16 analogous receivers, 8 o in declination, 24 hours, several hundred scintillating sources Since 2013 96 beams, 96 digital receivers, 50 o in declination, 24 hours, about 5 thousand scintillating sources Data processing Scintillation index m 2 = ) 2 > / 2 depend on density turbulence level at Fresnel scale about 100 km and radio source angular structure Mass measurements: information on the all individual sources structure is not available. The assumption: the population of radio sources in spatially uniform statistical ensemble: mean parameters of radio sources are equal in equal in equal sky areas. Initial value is the intensity structure function D I ( , t) =, on the interval 1 min at the time lag 1 s D I ( =1 s) = 2( 2 IPP + 2 noise ) Typical values IPP 0 =0.2 Jy Scintillation level is characterized by the number of scintillating sources N in the sky area 8 o x8 o ( ) and 3 o x3 o (since 2013). The value of N is proportional to the scintillation index squared: N( IPP > 0 ) 0 -2 N Sunspot number W Monthly averaged scintillation level, February of Monthly averaged scintillation level in the period of low solar activity Comparison of monthly averaged data with sunspot number Solar minimum: conclusion Convincing evidences of a strong concentration of the turbulent solar wind plasma in the equatorial plane during the very deep solar minimum in 2008 and This concentration is connected with the influence of heliospheric current sheet. Variations of monthly averaged IPS level are correlated with variations of solar activity. Examples of 2D IPS level maps 96 beams, 111 Hz Horizontal axis 24 hours, vertical axis 50 in declination, the pixel scale is 3 3 5-10 sources in the pixel Red strong level, yellow weak level The Sun is in the center of the strong oval Sequence of IPS maps, , large scale irregularities, strong variability from day to day Sequence of IPS maps averaged over week intervals, , large scale irregularities, variability from week to week IPS maps 2013/2014 averaged over month intervals, the 30 diameter ring strong IPS, decrease inside and outside the ring IPS maps 2013 averaged over months and latitudes, as a rule left maximum is higher than right east-west asymmetry Solar maximum: conclusion The global structure of turbulent solar wind in average is close to spherically symmetric in the period of solar activity maximum. The spherically symmetric structure is seen on the 2D IPS level maps averaged over periods of time exceeding one month. The disturbances with enhanced density turbulence and spatial scales about 0.3 AU are permanently observed on the symmetric background. The global slowly varying structure is masked by large scale disturbances on the daily 2D IPS level maps. The IPS data show the presence of the spiral-like large scale structures in the solar wind. The spiral-like structures may be connected with the large scale region of interaction between solar wind streams with different speeds or with the anisotropy of small scale irregularities in the ambient spiral interplanetary magnetic field. Further studies are needed for choosing between two possible explanations. The solar wind large scale structure is highly variable at all observable temporal scales: days, weeks, months etc. Example of the CME observation: sequence of IPS maps in the period : propagating disturbance; solar flare of class on at 00 UT; magnetic storm Dst = -67 nT at 08 UT Conclusion Main contribution in IPS level at the meter waveband is produced by low latitude region near the Earth orbit during low solar activity. One can expect that the influence of this region is comparatively lower at higher frequencies, such as 327 MHz (Ooty and STEL). Spatial distribution of IPS level in average is close to spherically symmetric in the period of high solar activity. Dynamics of the global IPS structure in the solar activity cycle is similar to the dynamics of the mean solar wind flow, that means similarity between absolute level of density turbulence at 100 km scales and the mean plasma density. Solar wind plasma is irregular and highly variable. IPS monitoring is effective tool for study of the solar wind dynamics at different temporal and spatial scales.