Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003apj...597l.169r&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 597, Issue 2, pp. L169-L172.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Diffusion, Magnetic Fields, Sun: Particle Emission, Turbulence
Scientific paper
The transport of energetic particles perpendicular to the mean magnetic field in space plasmas has long been viewed as a diffusive process. However, there is an apparent conflict between recent observations of solar energetic particles (SEPs): (1) Impulsive solar flares can exhibit ``dropouts'' in which the SEP intensity near Earth repeatedly disappears and reappears, indicating a filamentary distribution of SEPs and little diffusion across these boundaries. (2) Observations by the IMP-8 and Ulysses spacecraft, while they were on opposite sides of the Sun, showed similar time-intensity profiles for many SEP events, indicating a rapid lateral diffusion of particles throughout the inner solar system within a few days. We explain these seemingly contradictory observations using a theoretical model, supported by computer simulations, in which many particles are temporarily trapped within topological structures in statistically homogeneous magnetic turbulence and ultimately escape to diffuse at a much faster rate.
Chuychai Piyanate
Matthaeus William H.
Ruffolo David
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