Solar wind helium observations on the Prognoz 7 satellite

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Jun 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995sowi.conf...73y&link_type=abstract

Academy of Sciences (USSR), International Solar Wind 8 Conference, p. 73

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Alpha Particles, Heliosphere, Magnetohydrodynamics, Mass Spectrometers, Solar Corona, Solar Wind, Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Solar Protons, Coulomb Collisions, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Prognoz Satellites, Coronal Holes, Stellar Mass Ejection, Current Sheets, Solar Wind Velocity

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Solar wind data obtained with ion mass-energy-spectrometer on the Prognoz 7 satellite are analyzed to study the alpha-particle and proton features in different types of solar wind streams. In the streams from coronal holes the abundance of helium relative to proton slightly increases with increasing solar wind flux and proton density while in the streams from coronal streamers it decreases. These results indicate that the mechanisms of solar wind formation in different regions of solar corona differ. Preferential alpha-particle acceleration and heating are often observed in the streams from coronal holes. Minimum (as well as negative) values of alpha-proton velocity difference are recorded in the heliospheric current sheet, shocked plasma, and coronal mass ejections. Dependences of alpha-proton velocity difference and temperature ratio on several MHD parameters (Alfven velocity, number of Coulomb collisions. etc.) are compared for different types of streams. For velocity difference the dependences in streams from coronal holes and streamers are often similar to each other, and they differ from the ones in the heliospheric current sheet. For temperature ratio the dependences in heliospheric current sheet and streams from coronal streamers are similar, and they differ in streams from coronal holes.

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