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Solar wind iron charge states preceding a driver plasmaIron and silicon/sulfur charge state and velocity measurements and iron density measurements in the shocked solar wind which preceded the flare-related driver plasma observed on September 29, 1978 by ISEE 3 are reported. Given the assumption that the driver plasma is magnetically isolated from the ambient solar wind, the contact surface separating these two plasma regimes is expected to form an distinct boundary in the charge state composition. Instead, an apparent transition in the ionization state of the shocked solar wind from ambient solar wind values to those typical of the driver plasma is observed. This result may reflect X-ray ionization of the solar wind plasma near the flare site.
Document ID
19880033103
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Galvin, A. B.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Ipavich, F. M.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Gloeckler, G.
(Maryland, University College Park, United States)
Hovestadt, D.
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik Garching, Federal Republic of Germany, United States)
Tsurutani, B. T.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 92
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
88A20330
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER S-04039-D
CONTRACT_GRANT: BMFT-RV14-B8/74
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-728
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-21-002-316
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