Plasma kinetics in the solar wind

Details Plasma kinetics in the solar wind Plasma kinetics in the solar wind

Jul 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ssrv...20..577d&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, vol. 20, July 1977, p. 577-620.

Physics

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Electron Density (Concentration), Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Dynamics, Proton Density (Concentration), Solar Corona, Solar Wind, Collisionless Plasmas, Exosphere, Ionic Reactions, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Diagnostics, Shock Discontinuity, Shock Wave Propagation

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An account is given of the observations and theoretical ideas concerning the role of kinetic processes in the solar wind. This includes, first of all, the measurements on distribution functions of plasma electrons and protons, the relation of the observed nonthermal electron features with the concept of exospheric expansion of the solar corona, and the connection of nonthermal proton distributions with bulk flow inhomogeneities in the wind. A discussion is given of the present understanding of the connection between observed features of the particle distributions and anomalous values of some plasma transport coefficients, which in turn determine the actual values of macroscopic plasma parameters. A further topic of the review is that of possible kinetic processes occurring within small-scale structures in the solar wind, such as collisionless shocks, various types of discontinuities, and D sheets.

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