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Composition and dynamics of the solar wind plasma
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In this article, the interpretation of recent observations pertaining to the chemical composition and dynamical behavior of the solar wind plasma is discussed, and a review focusing on the interpretation is presented.Abstract:
This review will concentrate on the interpretation of recent observations pertaining to the chemical composition and dynamical behavior of the solar wind plasma.read more
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A coronal hole and its identification as the source of a high velocity solar wind stream
TL;DR: In this paper, X-ray images of the solar corona showed a magnetically open structure in the low corona which extended from N20W20 to the south pole.
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Kinetic Physics of the Solar Corona and Solar Wind
TL;DR: In this paper, the basic assumptions underlying the classical transport theory and the related collisional heating rates, and also describe alternatives associated with wave-particle interactions are scrutinised, with emphasis on the theoretical understanding of the in situ measurements of solar wind particles and waves, as well as on the remote-sensing observations of the solar corona made by means of ultraviolet spectroscopy and imaging.
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Solar wind stream interfaces
TL;DR: In this paper, the average time-space profiles of stream interfaces are discussed with reference to fluid properties (flow speed, pressure ridge, density, electron and proton temperatures) and kinetic properties (electron core and halo, flow speed fluctuations, electron heat flux, alpha particles).
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Anomalously low proton temperatures in the solar wind following interplanetary shock waves—evidence for magnetic bottles?
TL;DR: In this article, anomalously low values of the solar wind proton temperature Tp are observed when the wind velocity υ is high, and it is suggested that these observations are consistent with a model for some shock wave disturbances that includes the ejection of new material (distinguished by the helium enrichment at 1 AU), and the formation of a magnetic bottle configuration behind and within the ejecta.
The interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar medium
TL;DR: In this paper, the expected characteristics of the solar wind, extrapolated from the vicinity of the earth, were described and several models were examined for the interaction of solar wind with the interstellar plasma and magnetic field.
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Search for neutrinos from the sun
TL;DR: In this paper, a search was made for solar neutrinos with a detector based upon the reaction of a neutrino to the sun's carbon-nitrogen cycle, and the upper limit of the product of neutrini flux and cross sections for all sources of neutrinucleus was found to be 3/ifmmode/times/else/texttimes/fi.
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Quasi‐stationary corotating structure in the interplanetary medium
John M. Wilcox,Norman F. Ness +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a quasi-stationary co-rotating structure in interplanetary field observed with IMP-I SATELLITE during three solar rotations was observed with the ImP-I satellite.
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The solar wind velocity and its correlation with cosmic-ray variations and with solar and geomagnetic activity
TL;DR: Mariner 2 obtained data on the interplanetary plasma during the period August 29, 1962, through January 3, 1963, and compared with data on cosmic-ray diurnal variations and with indices of solar and geomagnetic activity for this period as discussed by the authors.
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Mariner 2 observations of the solar wind. 1. average properties
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the properties of the positive ion component of the solar wind observed during the four months of the Mariner 2 flight to and past Venus in 1962, and calculated the ions' velocity, temperature and density from ∼35,000 energy/charge spectrums by fitting the data to isotropic Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions in a reference frame moving away from the sun at the solar-wind velocity.