Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.3541w&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 23, p. 3541-3544
Physics
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Interplanetary Physics: Energetic Particles, Solar, Interplanetary Physics: Solar Wind Plasma, Interplanetary Physics: Sources Of The Solar Wind
Scientific paper
November 1997 saw a series of very intense and unusual solar particle events that have been well studied [Cohen et al., 1999; Lario et al., 1998; Mason et al., 1999; Mazur et al., 1999; Möbius et al., 1999]. However, the composition of the solar wind has not previously been analyzed. We report the elemental and charge-state composition of the solar wind during these events. We find unusually broad and high charge-state distributions for O, Si, and Fe. Fe/O was enhanced by a factor >3-5 relative to the ambient solar wind in the magnetic cloud and in the following material. We speculate whether the observed compositional similarities in the solar wind and energetic particles might, in part, be explained by a common reservoir out of which both kinds of particles were accelerated.
Hamilton Douglas C.
Kern Olivier
Wimmer-Schweingruber Robert F.
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