Energization of solar wind ions by reflection from the earth's bow shock

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Sep 1980

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Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Sept. 1, 1980, p. 4689-4693. Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy; Bun

Physics

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Bow Waves, Ion Beams, Particle Energy, Shock Waves, Solar Wind, Energy Transfer, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Reflection, Time Response

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The existence of ion beams with energies a few times the solar wind energy and streaming outward from the earth's bow shock has been known for some time. To explain the observed ion energies, a simple reflection model has been proposed in which the particles gain energy by displacement parallel to the interplanetary electric field. In this model the energy gained in the reflection can be described as a function of the angles between the interplanetary magnetic field, the solar wind velocity, and the local shock normal. Ion beams under widely varying conditions have been observed in ISEE 1 and 2. For 18 cases, with beam energies ranging from approximately 1.4 to 30 times the solar wind energy, a comparison between the observed and the predicted beam energies has been made.

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