Coulomb collisions in the solar wind

Details Coulomb collisions in the solar wind Coulomb collisions in the solar wind

Aug 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jgr....90.7389k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, Aug. 1, 1985, p. 7389-7395.

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Coulomb Collisions, Ion Density (Concentration), Ion Temperature, Plasma Equilibrium, Solar Wind, Helium Ions, International Sun Earth Explorers, Transit Time

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A major improvement of the present investigation over previous studies of the subject is related to the use of helium temperatures obtained from helium ion measurements uncontaminated by the high-velocity tail of the proton distribution. More observations, covering a large parameter range, were employed, and the effects of interspecies drift were taken into account. It is shown in a more definite way than has been done previously, that Coulomb collisions provide the most important mechanism bringing about equilibrium between helium and protons in the solar wind. Other mechanisms may play some part in restricted regions, but Coulomb collisions are dominant on the macroscale.

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