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The Magnetic Sun
The Magnetic Sun
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As these magnetic fields emerge through the Sun's visi ble surface (the photosphere) , they form sunspots and other active regions and create complex and dynamic plasma structures in the Sun's upper atmosphere (corona)
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THE MAGNETIC PROBING THE SUN'S INTERIOR Although the Sun has no solid surface -- it is a churning ball of gases -- the intense brightness of its photosphere blinds us. So how do we know what is going on inside?
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SUN corona and is accelerated to supersonic speeds near the Sun wind reflects the dramatic reconfiguration of the corona that by processes scientists still do not fully understand. As the takes place as the Sun's magnetic field reverses.
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THE MAGNETIC The 100-dish Frequency-Agile Solar Radiotelescope will combine radio imaging and radio spectroscopy to study the solar chromosphere SUN and corona. Ulysses measurements of solar wind speed, plotted as a function of latitude, clearly show the bimodal character of the solar wind around solar minimum: a fast wind from polar coronal holes and a slow wind from the low-latitude streamer belt.
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