Articles | Volume 33, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-47-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-47-2015
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12 Jan 2015
Regular paper |  | 12 Jan 2015

Three-dimensional multi-fluid model of a coronal streamer belt with a tilted magnetic dipole

L. Ofman, E. Provornikova, L. Abbo, and S. Giordano
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First results from the three-fluid 3D model of the solar corona are reported. The model extends previous 2.5D three-fluid studies, and includes electron, protons, and oxygen ions (O5+) as coupled fluids in a tilted dipole solar magnetic field configuration. The model demonstrates the variation in abundances of the oxygen ions relative to protons in a coronal streamer belt, thus identifying the sources of the slow solar wind and helping in the interpretation of past spectroscopic observations.