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Electron heat flux dropouts in the solar wind - Evidence for interplanetary magnetic field reconnection?An examination of ISEE-3 data from 1978 reveal 25 electron heat flux dropout events ranging in duration from 20 min to over 11 hours. The heat flux dropouts are found to occur in association with high plasma densities, low plasma velocities, low ion and electron temperatures, and low magnetic field magnitudes. It is suggested that the heat flux dropout intervals may indicate that the spacecraft is sampling plasma regimes which are magnetically disconnected from the sun and instead are connected to the outer heliosphere at both ends.
Document ID
19890056315
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mccomas, D. J.
(Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Gosling, J. T.
(Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Phillips, J. L.
(Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Bame, S. J.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Luhmann, J. G.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Smith, E. J.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 94
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
89A43686
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER S-04039-D
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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