NORTH POLE FLYBY: This week, at a pivotal moment in the solar cycle, the ESA/NASA Ulysses spacecraft is flying over the sun's North Pole. The sun's polar regions are central to the ebb and flow of solar cycles, so this is a good time to visit.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2..._northpole.htm

Your quote is interesting...
I wonder what region they are measuring when they get an 80,000 deg. temperature reading?

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

The radiation zone perhaps. I also wonder what temperature this refers to.

Here is their instrument package. 80,000 deg. may be the lowest temperature they can see. [This is the lower corona region, I think.]

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

The sun, like all objects feeding on the energy produced in a weak interaction, is subject to parity effects and an asymmetric response to them in a strong magnetic field is not a surprise, but rather a nice confirmation between theory and observation. The surprise would be polar symmetry.
The real kicker would be a slight deviation in the kinematic trajectory of Ulysses, unexplained by classical Newtonian, Keplerian, or even GR effects, induced by an asymmetric neutrino flux...(so far all the solar neutrino measurements have been made pretty much in the plane of the solar system). A first rate theory predicts. If it isn't seen, it sorely weakens my modeling,(back to the drawing board).. but with modern timing devices being so accurate, I'll stick my neck in the guillotine....an unaccounted for trajectory or bust, and free ice cream to the first dozen takers.lol pete.

see;http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/serv...cvips&gifs=yes

and see:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...96764dc75fd127

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A second rate theory explains after the fact
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I would have guessed that the neutrino flux would be symmetric, and very slightly asymmetric for photon flux. Does the magnetic field variations, or other forces, affect neutrinos? [Perhaps core rotation causes density gradients I haven't considered.]

These are purchase-only links. I would be interested in how you are able to distinguish between instellar and interplanetary impacts. [A separate thread would be appropriate in this case. Perhaps one already exists.]

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

George. I'll need to read the primary paper carefully..(it's midyear exam time)...and see if the missing factor of 5 dust impacts is because they're inferring the number from trajectory deviations already seen or some other factor. If there's a slow sunward deviation, that corroborates the Pioneer anomaly, and makes for interesting musing. ...and yes, magnetic fields affect the way neutrinos interact. They don't feel the electromagnetic force, only the weak and gravity, and the weak force always responds to magnetic fields. pete.

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A third rate theory forbids
A second rate theory explains after the fact
A first rate theory predicts...A. Lomonosov

That is interesting. Am I correct to assume that it isn't the neutrino itself that is affected by a mag field, but the interaction area, if you will, is affected, and indirectly affects the neutrino flux in some proportion to the variation of the mag. field? [I regret that I am weak in this area, and even the pun is poor. ]

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

George. Yes. It's the interaction volume that's affected. The primary experiment was Co-60 beta decays by Madame Wu and Ken Ambler at the National Bureau of Standards. It is so intrinsic that it essentially defines your characterization of what your magnetic field is. Wiki addresses it, and a good paperback read is Martin Gardner's "Mirror Asymmetry and Time Reversed Worlds"....the volume "knows" what the field is. and there is a universal effect in weak interactions, with some effect showing up in some strong interactions,too. pete

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A third rate theory forbids
A second rate theory explains after the fact
A first rate theory predicts...A. Lomonosov