Experimental evidence for solar protons following paths determined by solar wind flow regimes.
Abstract
Experimental results are presented from the solar particle, plasma and magnetometer experiments on HEOS 2 indicating that solar protons are constrained to discrete solar wind flow regimes and only with difficulty move across magnetic field lines to neighboring regimes. An outstanding example was the period of 29 October-2 November 1972, during which time HEOS 2 appeared to remain close to a solar wind boundary lying roughly parallel to the ecliptic plane. Another example of proton collimation in solar wind regimes was observed during 3-5 November 1973.
- Publication:
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Space research XVI
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976spre.conf..719W
- Keywords:
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- Interplanetary Magnetic Fields;
- Particle Acceleration;
- Solar Protons;
- Solar Wind;
- Convective Flow;
- Eccentric Orbits;
- Flow Distribution;
- Heos B Satellite;
- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Proton Flux Density;
- Solar Activity Effects;
- Solar Physics