Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3318104d&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 18, CiteID L18104
Physics
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Interplanetary Physics: Energetic Particles (7514), Interplanetary Physics: Solar Cycle Variations (7536), Interplanetary Physics: Planetary Bow Shocks, Interplanetary Physics: Corotating Streams, Interplanetary Physics: Coronal Mass Ejections (7513)
Scientific paper
We have surveyed the ~20-160 keV/nucleon heavy ion composition of 2102 upstream events observed by the Wind/STEP instrument near the Earth's bow shock over a complete solar cycle from day 325, 1994 through day 90, 2006. Our main results are: (1) During solar minimum conditions, both the C/O and Fe/O ratios are similar to the corresponding values measured in the solar wind and/or CIRs. (2) During solar maximum conditions, the C/O ratio is similar to that measured in SEP and CME-driven IP shock events, while the Fe/O ratio lies between the values measured in IP shock and SEP events. We conclude that the source material for upstream events near the Earth's bow shock originates from a dynamic suprathermal ion population that is dominated by ions accelerated in SEP events during solar maximum conditions and by suprathermal solar wind ions and/or those accelerated in CIRs during solar minimum conditions.
Desai Mihir I.
Dwyer Joesph R.
Mason Glenn M.
Mazur J. E.
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