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Interplanetary gas. XXI. Validity of the Chapman-Enskog description of the solar wind for protons.

Abstract

Measured velocity distribution functions for solar-wind protons are used to estimate the validity of the Chapman-Enskog description, and it is found to be the best description presently in use. Subject headings: interplanetary medium - solar wind


Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal
Pub Date:
August 1975
DOI:

10.1086/153748

Bibcode:
1975ApJ...199..756P
Keywords:
  • Chapman-Enskog Theory;
  • Interplanetary Gas;
  • Proton Energy;
  • Solar Protons;
  • Solar Wind Velocity;
  • Astronomical Models;
  • Collisionless Plasmas;
  • Distribution Functions;
  • Ionic Collisions;
  • Velocity Distribution;
  • Solar Physics