Solar wind iron and oxygen charge states and relative abundances measured by SWICS on UlyssesWe present the results of a survey of iron and oxygen charge state distributions as detected by the Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer on the Ulysses spacecraft. The results are categorized in terms of the ionization temperature determined every approximately 13 minute instrument cycle from the O(+7) to O(+6) ratio. Our preliminary Fe/O abundance ratio is 0.12 averaged over this 3 month survey. The Fe charge state distributions accumulated during times of high oxygen ionization temperatures are clearly nonisothermal.
Document ID
19930049631
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ipavich, F. M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Galvin, A. B. (Maryland Univ. College Park, United States)
Geiss, J. (Bern Univ. Switzerland)
Ogilvie, K. W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gliem, F. (Braunschweig, Technische Univ. Germany)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Solar Wind Seven; Proceedings of the 3rd COSPAR Colloquium, Goslar, Germany, Sept. 16-20, 1991 (A93-33554 13-92)