Directional diffusion coefficients of solar protons inside and outside the bow shock

Details Directional diffusion coefficients of solar protons inside and outside the bow shock Directional diffusion coefficients of solar protons inside and outside the bow shock

Jun 1973

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Planetary and Space Science, Volume 21, Issue 6, p. 971-982.

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The directional diffusion coefficients of low-energy (>= 0.3 MeV) solar protons inside and outside the bow shock are examined during the solar flare event of 24 January 1969. The data are derived from simultaneous observations obtained by Explorer 33 inside the magnetosheath and by Explorer 35 in the interplanetary medium. Although the gross properties of the spin-averaged intensities on a diffusion-type plot appear to be the same in both media, the directional intensities show significant variations. It is shown that directional intensities of low-energy protons can be described reasonably well by anisotropic diffusion with an associated diffusion coefficient. Directional diffusion coefficients are found to differ by a factor as much as three among different directions in space, and from the spin-averaged diffusion coefficient. This suggests that anisotropic diffusion does indeed take place and that so called `isotropic' diffusion coefficients derived in the past from spin-averaged intensities may actually be directional diffusion coefficients in cases where substantial anisotropies (> 50 per cent) exist. The typical postulated ratio of field aligned to cross-field diffusion coefficients is κ⊥/κ∥ < 0.1. The present data would indicate a ratio of <~0.3. This value of the anisotropy is to be taken only as an upper limit of the ratio because of the limitations introduced by the wide field of view of the detectors (~90°) and the lack of directional measurements over the entire sphere. Comparison between directional diffusion coefficients in the interplanetary medium and magnetosheath derived from identical directions in space implies changes in the parameters of the interplanetary magnetic field as it interacts with the bow shock.

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