Energetic interplanetary nucleon flux anisotropies - The effect of earth's bow shock and magnetosheath on sunward flow

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Jul 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jgr....87.5045c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 87, July 1, 1982, p. 5045-5062.

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Bow Waves, Earth Magnetosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetosheath, Nucleons, Particle Motion, Shock Waves, Anisotropic Media, Energetic Particles, Particle Interactions, Satellite Observation, Solar Activity Effects

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Attention is given to the combined, average effects of the bow shock and magnetosheath on the diffusive flow of interplanetary nuclei. The observations presented show that differences between 'connected' and 'unconnected' data subsets are apparent from the beginning of the analysis. Through an investigation of the mean unconnected diffusive anisotropy (those fluxes least affected by the earth's bow shock and magnetosheath) it is confirmed that the cross-field transport of MeV energy nuclei in interplanetary space is statistically significant and in the direction expected from the large-scale particle flux gradients. The direction of particle flow relative to the IMF is then used to show that nucleon flow characteristics on connected IMF differ from those on unconnected IMF. A scenario for producing this difference is then presented. It is concluded that the inclusion of the bow shock connected information biases measurements of the flux anisotropies of MeV energy H.

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