Interplanetary magnetic field connection to the sun during electron heat flux dropouts in the solar wind

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Heat Flux, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Solar Electrons, Solar Magnetic Field, Solar Wind, Electron Distribution, Solar Activity Effects, Type 3 Bursts

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The paper discusses observations of 2- to 8.5-keV electrons, made by measurements aboard the ISEE 3 spacecraft during the periods of heat flux decreases (HFDs) reported by McComas et al. (1989). In at least eight of the total of 25 HFDs observed, strong streaming of electrons that were equal to or greater than 2 keV outward from the sun was recorded. In one HFD, an impulsive solar electron event was observed with an associated type III radio burst, which could be tracked from the sun to about 1 AU. It is concluded that, in many HFDs, the interplanetary field is still connected to the sun and that some energy-dependent process may produce HFDs without significantly perturbing electrons of higher energies.

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