On the long-tail solar wind electron velocity distribution

Details On the long-tail solar wind electron velocity distribution On the long-tail solar wind electron velocity distribution

Sep 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jsp....52.1423s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Statistical Physics (ISSN 0022-4715), vol. 52, Sept. 1988, p. 1423-1428.

Physics

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Particle Motion, Solar Electrons, Solar Wind Velocity, Velocity Distribution, Charged Particles, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Normal Density Functions, Solar Corona

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The role of the log-normal distribution in the description of the high-energy tail of the electron velocity distribution in the solar wind plasma is examined. Specifically, it is shown that the core-halo solar wind distribution function can be understood in terms of a simple phenomenological model of general applicability in which the core has a Maxwellian or normal distribution and the halo a log-normal distribution. In the presence of structures in the interplanetary medium capable of interacting with the electrons, the model predicts a transition at the highest velocities to a secondary halo distribution.

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