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Concentration of interstellar pickup H(+) and He(+) in the solar windWe present observations of interstellar pickup hydrogen and helium in the solar wind which show large, highly-correlated fluctuations in flux which are not correlated significantly with the solar-wind hydrogen flux. The correlation of the fluctuations in the two species implies that the fluctuations are caused by transport after ionization. The lack of correlation with the thermal flux means they are not caused by compressions of the wind. We present a new model which can naturally produce the observed fluctuations in the pickup ions.
Document ID
19950048911
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Gloeckler, G.
(University of Maryland, College Park, MD United States)
Jokipii, J. R.
(University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ United States)
Giacalone, J.
(University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ United States)
Geiss, J.
(Universitat Bern Bern, Switzerland)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 21
Issue: 14
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Accession Number
95A80510
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-86-18260
CONTRACT_GRANT: JPL-959376
CONTRACT_GRANT: JPL-955460
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