Temperature and flow velocity of the interplanetary gases along solar radii.
Abstract
The velocity distributions along solar radii for hydrogen and helium in interplanetary space are calculated by using the Danby-Camm formula modified with a loss function. From these distributions the radial temperature and radial flow velocity of the interplanetary gases are determined. The effects of solar gravitation and ionization loss, due to charge exchange and photoionization, on the gas temperature and velocity are described.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- July 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1086/157221
- Bibcode:
- 1979ApJ...231..594W
- Keywords:
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- Gas Temperature;
- Helium;
- Hydrogen;
- Interplanetary Gas;
- Solar Gravitation;
- Earth Orbits;
- Flow Velocity;
- Graphs (Charts);
- Radial Velocity;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Solar Physics;
- Helium:Interplanetary Matter;
- Hydrogen:Interplanetary Matter