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Nov 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jgr....80.4181f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 80, Nov. 1, 1975, p. 4181-4196. AEC-sponsored research.

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Electron Energy, Solar Electrons, Solar Wind Velocity, Diurnal Variations, Interplanetary Space, Solar Physics

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Average characteristics of solar wind electron velocity distributions as well as the range and nature of their variations are presented. The measured distributions are generally symmetric about the heat flux direction and are adequately parameterized by the superposition of a nearly bi-Maxwellian function which characterizes the low-energy electrons and a bi-Maxwellian function which characterizes a distinct, ubiquitous component of higher-energy electrons. An alternate self-consistent description of the higher-energy component is presented in terms of an unbound population of hot electrons with energy greater than some breakpoint energy of about 60 V. The largest-scale parameter variations appear to come most often in association with high-speed streams. The salient electron parameter variations associated with these structures are presented and discussed. Arguments are presented which favor the local regulation of the solar wind heat flux at 1 AU.

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