Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.5555a&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, Dec. 1, 1977, p. 5555-5562. ERDA-NASA-sponsored research.
Physics
Anisotropic Media, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Plasma Diagnostics, Solar Wind, Alpha Particles, Explorer 43 Satellite, Histograms, Magnetic Field Configurations, Particle Motion, Vector Analysis, Velocity Distribution
Scientific paper
One year's Imp 6 solar wind plasma and magnetic field data are examined to determine whether anisotropies in particle velocity distributions are aligned with the measured interplanetary magnetic field vector. Alignment of components in the analysis plane was generally found to be excellent whenever plasma parameter magnitudes were larger than determination uncertainties, although some spread exists (typical rms approximately equal to 10 deg). By assuming cylindrical symmetry about the simultaneously measured magnetic field vector during the 1-year interval under study, three-dimensional values of selected solar wind plasma thermal parameters were constructed from the two-dimensional plasma measurements, and the statistical properties of their distributions have been tabulated.
Asbridge J. R.
Bame J. Jr. S.
Feldman William C.
Gosling Jack T.
Ness Norman F.
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