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Solar wind disturbances in the outer heliosphere, caused by six successive solar flares from the same active region
Author(s) -
Akasofu S.I.,
Hakamada K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl010i007p00577
Subject(s) - heliosphere , solar flare , space weather , solar wind , physics , flare , astronomy , astrophysics , solar physics , cosmic ray , coronal mass ejection , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , plasma , quantum mechanics
Solar wind disturbances caused by six hypothetical flares from the same active region are traced out to about 15 au, using a simple, empirical modeling method developed by Hakamada and Akasofu [1982]. Our method provides a first order construction, temporal and spatial, of flare‐induced shocks and their multiple interactions with each other, as well as with the corotating interaction regions. The results are discussed in connection with recent cosmic ray observations by space probes.