Deceleration of the solar wind in the earth's foreshock region - ISEE 2 and IMP 8 observations

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Plasma-Particle Interactions, Satellite Sounding, Shock Waves, Solar Wind Velocity, Bow Waves, Energy Dissipation, Explorer 50 Satellite, International Sun Earth Explorer 2, Kinetic Energy, Thermal Energy, Wave Interaction

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The deceleration of the solar wind in the region of the interplanetary space filled by ions backstreaming from the earth's bow shock and associated waves is studied using a two-spacecraft technique. This deceleration depends on the solar wind bulk velocity; at low velocities (below 300 km/s) the velocity decrease is about 5 km/s, while at higher velocities (above 400 km/s) the decrease may be as large as 30 km/s. The energy balance shows that the kinetic energy loss far exceeds the thermal energy which is possibly gained by the solar wind; therefore at least part of this energy must go into waves and/or into the backstreaming ions.

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