Relation between superheating and superacceleration of helium in the solar wind
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1573-093X
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Physics
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Abstract Solar-wind data obtained by the OGO-5 and IMP-6-8 Earth satellites show a positive correlation between the ratio of helium to hydrogen temperatures, T α/T p, and the velocity difference between the two ions, v α - v p . Although this result disagrees with the Prognoz-1 results reported earlier in this journal, it is consistent with the expected control by Coulomb collisions when the solar-wind density is high.
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Electronic Resource
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