Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975lock.reptq....s&link_type=abstract
Final Report Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Palo Alto, CA. Space Sciences Lab.
Computer Science
Earth Magnetosphere, Helium Ions, Solar Wind, Energy Spectra, Explorer 43 Satellite, Flux (Rate), Hydrogen Ions, Mass Spectrometers, Plasma Spectra, Velocity Distribution
Scientific paper
Simultaneously measured He(++) fluxes in the solar wind and in the magnetosphere were studied using data from the plasma spectrometer on the Imp I satellite and the energetic ion mass spectrometer on the low altitude polar orbiting satellite 1971-89A. A detailed comparison of the He(++) energy spectra measured simultaneously in the solar wind and in the low altitude dayside polar cusp on March 7, 1972 was made. The energy-per-unit-charge range of the energetic ion mass spectrometer on board the polar orbiting satellite was 700 eV to 12 keV. Within this range there was a clear maximum in the He(++) energy spectrum at approximately 1.5 keV/nucleon. There was not a clearly defined maximum in the H(+) spectrum, but the data were consistent with a peak between 0.7 and 1.0 keV/nucleon. Both spectra could be reasonably well fit with a convecting Maxwellian plus a high energy tail; however, the mean velocity for He(++) distribution was significantly greater than that for the H(+) distribution. The simultaneous solar wind measurements showed the mean velocities for both ion species to be approximately 600 km/sec. The discrepancies between the relative velocity distributions in the low altitude cusp and those in the solar wind are consistent with a potential difference of approximately 1.4 kV along their flow direction between the two points of observation.
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