Bidirectional solar wind electron heat flux and hemispherically symmetric polar rain

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Oct 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....9111352g&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, Oct. 1, 1986, p. 11352-11358. DOE-sponsored research.

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Electron Precipitation, Polar Regions, Solar Electrons, Solar Wind, Angular Distribution, Atmospheric Models, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Symmetry

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THe paper examines ISEE 3 solar wind electron data obtained concurrent with reported symmetric polar rain events and it is found that a bidirectional solar wind electron heat flux is present whenever such polar cap events occur. In contrast to the normal situation when only one of the earth's polar caps is magnetically connected to the sun, during hemispherically symmetric polar rain events either both of the earth's polar caps are magnetically connected to the sun, or else both are connected to a magnetic loop which is entirely disconnected from the sun. The relative timing between bidirectional solar wind heat flux and symmetrical polar rain events can be utilized to determine certain magnetospheric quantities such as the cross-tail convection speed.

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