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Parker solar wind

What you are seeing: the isothermal solar-wind solution: u(r)u(r) passes through the sonic point at the critical radius rc=GM/(2cs2)r_c = GM/(2 c_s^2). Hotter coronae have smaller rcr_c and faster asymptotic winds.

Figure 1. Parker solar wind profile.
T (10⁶ K)1.40

WHAT TO TRY

  • Vary each control and watch the rail readouts respond.
  • Compare the diagnostic plot against the live scene.