helmet streamer

English
Diagram of a star with two helmet streamers (A) and a coronal hole (B)

Noun

helmet streamer (plural helmet streamers)

  1. (astrophysics) A bright loop-like discharge of stellar matter in the corona of a star, connecting coronal holes of opposite magnetic polarity.

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