Thermodynamic properties of the heliospheric plasma

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Mar 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....94.2345w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, March 1, 1989, p. 2345-2364.

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Heliosphere, Plasma Diagnostics, Solar Wind, Space Plasmas, Entropy, Plasma Density, Plasma Temperature, Radial Distribution, Temporal Distribution

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A global-scale study is conducted of the radial evolution of the solar wind's temperature (T), number density (n), and entropy (s) thermodynamic properties, on the basis of plasma data from such sources as IMP and ISEE 3, in conjunction with an MHD simulation model. The radial evolution of T and s indicates that the heliospheric plasma is subjected to a heating process; this heating is interpreted to be largely due to the cumulative effect of the shock process with increasing distance from the sun. This simulation model is also used to extrapolate the thermodynamic properties of the solar wind from Voyager 2 to the region of the outer heliosphere that is bounded by the termination shock.

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