A Re-interpretation of the STEREO/STE Observations and it's Consequences

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2009-02-20

arxiv.org/abs/0902.3621v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Accepted by ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/L79

We present an alternate interpretation of recent STEREO/STE observations that were originally attributed to energetic neutral atoms (ENA) from the heliosheath. The signal attributed to the diffuse ENA source instead shows the characteristics of a point source. We point out that the peak intensity seen by STEREO/STE is centered at the ecliptic longitude of the bright X-ray source Sco X-1. The observed energy spectrum and intensity are also consistent with the X-rays from Sco X-1. The problem of energy dissipation at the solar wind termination shock remains unsolved while current understanding of the interaction between the solar wind and interstellar wind awaits future observations.

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