Sub-Alfvénic flows in the quiet and recurrent solar winds
Authors:
Gong-liang Zhang
Affiliation:
Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Abstract:
Observed instances are given in this paper to show that sub-Alfvénic flow can be formed in the quiet and recurrent low-speed solar wind streams. This kind of flow appears in regions with abnormal enhancement of Alfvénic speed and is associated with a specific type of magnetic configuration.