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On rotational forces in the solar windSolar rotational forces affecting the flow of minor ions in the solar wind are considered as corotating with the sun. Cold, noninteracting charged particles in the magnetic and gravitational fields of the sun rotate with the angular velocity of the sun, and calculations of lowest bulk order velocities show that differences in particle velocities decrease with increasing distance from the sun. A centrifugal potential in the corotating frame implies that ion motion is independent of protons, with velocities determined by the potential, which monotonically decreases without limit. The potential dominates the initial kinetic energy of the particles, and the equality of velocities within the potential is not due to interactions between particles as claimed by Mackenzie et al. (1979).
Document ID
19820033354
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hollweg, J. V.
(New Hampshire Univ. Durham, NH, United States)
Isenberg, P. A.
(New Hampshire, University Durham, NH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 86
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
82A16889
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-130
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-76
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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