Half a century of kinetic solar wind models

dc.contributor.author	Lemaire, J.
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-31T12:16:17Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-31T12:16:17Z
dc.identifier.isbn	9780735407596
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/3227
dc.description	I outline the development of four generations of kinetic models, starting with Chamberlain's solar breeze exospheric model. It is shown why this first kinetic model did not give apposite supersonic evaporation velocities, like early hydrodynamic models of the solar wind. When a self-consistent polarization electric potential distribution is used in the coronal plasma, instead of the Pannekoek-Rosseland's one, supersonic bulk velocities are readily obtained in the second generation of kinetic models. It is outlined how the third and fourth generations of these models have improved the agreement with observations of slow and fast speed solar wind streams.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	Half a century of kinetic solar wind models
dc.type	Conference
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	AIP Conference Proceedings
dc.source.volume	1216
dc.source.page	8-13
Orfeo.peerreviewed	No
dc.identifier.doi	10.1063/1.3395971
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-77952031956