Interplanetary fast shock diagnosis with the radio receiver on UlyssesThe radio receiver on Ulysses records the quasi-thermal noise which allows a determination of the density and temperature of the cold (core) electrons of the solar wind. Seven interplanetary fast forward or reverse shocks are identified from the density and temperature profiles, together with the magnetic field profile from the Magnetometer experiment. Upstream of the three strongest shocks, bursts of nonthermal waves are observed at the electron plasma frequency f(peu). The more perpendicular the shock, the longer the time interval during which these upstream bursts are observed. For one of the strongest shocks we also observe two kinds of upstream electromagnetic radiation: radiation at 2 f(peu), and radiation at the downstream electron plasma frequency, which propagates into the less dense upstream regions.
Document ID
19930049649
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hoang, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Pantellini, F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Harvey, C. C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lacombe, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mangeney, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Meuer-Vernet, N. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Perche, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Steinberg, J.-L. (Paris Observatoire, France)
Lengyel-Frey, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Macdowall, R. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
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)