Structure of the November 12, 1978, quasi-parallel interplanetary shock

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Jul 1984

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, July 1, 1984, p. 5436-5452. Research sponsored by the U.S. Department

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International Sun Earth Explorers, Interplanetary Medium, Plasma Acceleration, Shock Wave Propagation, Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Solar Wind Velocity, Energetic Particles, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Larmor Radius, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Plasma Density, Plasma Waves, Rankine-Hugoniot Relation

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The jump in plasma parameters exhibited by the intense interplanetary shock event of Nov. 12, 1978 is analyzed using ISEE 1, 2 and 3 data. Magnetic and electric field measurements indicated that the shock magnetic field profile was similar to the earth bow shock profile. Data on the electron and proton densities, temperatures, bulk velocities and alpha particles showed a steady electron temperature increase across the shock on a 12 earth radii scale. The upstream and downstream flow parameters are found to be within 10 percent of Rankin-Hugoniot jump conditions. The shock moved at 614 km/sec and had three dissipative scales, one a few Larmor radii determined by the magnetic field jump, a second 10 earth radii correlated with the electron equilibrium and the other 30 earth radii connected to the energetic proton foreshock.

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