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Bi-directional streaming of solar wind electrons greater than 80 eV - ISEE evidence for a closed-field structure within the driver gas of an interplanetary shockIn near time coincidence with the arrival of helium enriched plasma driving the shock wave disturbance of November 12-13, 1978, strong bi-directional streaming of solar wind electrons greater than about 80 eV was observed with Los Alamos instrumentation on ISEE 3. The streaming persisted for many hours simultaneously parallel and anti-parallel to the interplanetary magnetic field which was directed roughly perpendicular to the sun-satellite line. This example of bidirectional streaming cannot be explained by field line connection to the earth's bow shock or the outward propagating interplanetary shock which passed ISEE 3 approximately 16 hours earlier. The event is explained if the local interplanetary field was a part of a magnetic bottle rooted at the sun or a disconnected loop propagating outward.
Document ID
19810040378
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bame, S. J.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Asbridge, J. R.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Feldman, W. C.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Gosling, J. T.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Zwickl, R. D.
(California, University Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N. Mex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 8
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
81A24782
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER S-54496-A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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