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Two-temperature Models for Polar Plumes: Cooling by Means of Strong Base Heating

  • Authors: R. Grappin, Y.-M. Wang, and F. Pantellini

Grappin, Wang, & Pantellini 2011 The Astrophysical Journal 727 30.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Here, energy is deposited globally in both the electrons and the ions, by taking F i g0 = F e g0 = 2.5 × 10 5 erg cm −2 s −1, H g = 1  R . Dotted curves: "interplume" solution without base heating ( F i b0 = F e b0 = 0). Solid curves: "plume" solution with strong base heating ( F i b0 = F e b0 = 2 × 10 5 erg cm −2 s −1, H b = 0.01  R ). Top panel: u( r) (in units of 100 km s −1), T e ( r) (in MK), and T i ( r) (in MK). Bottom panel: n( r) (cm −3) and n( r) u( r) (in units of 10 5 cm −2 s −1).

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