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A search for evidence of the evolution of rotational discontinuities in the solar wind from nonlinear Alfven wavesResults are presented of a study designed to confirm the suspected relation between Alfven solitons (steepened Afven waves) and rotational discontinuities (RDs) in the solar wind. The ISEE 3 data were used to search for the predicted correlations between the beta value of plasma, the sense of polarization of the discontinuity, and changes of the magnetic field strength and plasma density across the discontinuity. No statistically significant evidence was found for the evolution of RDs from Alfven solitons. A possibility is suggested that the observations made could have been far from the regions in which the RDs were formed.
Document ID
19900035647
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Neugebauer, M.
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Buti, B.
(Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad, India)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
90A22702
Distribution Limits
Public
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