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Implications of Saito's coronal density model on the polar solar wind flow and heavy ion abundancesA comparison of polar solar wind proton flux upper limits derived using a coronal density model, with Lyman alpha measurements of the length of the neutral H tail of comet Bennet at high latitudes, shows that either extended heating beyond 2 solar radii is necessary some of the time or that the model's polar densities are too low. Whichever possibility is the case, the fact that the solar wind particle flux does not appear to decrease with increasing latitude indicates that the heavy element content of the high latitude wind may be similar to that observed in the ecliptic. It was then shown that solar wind heavy ion observations at high latitudes allow a determination of the electron temperature at heights which bracket the nominal location of the coronal temperature maximum thus providing information concerning the magnitude and extent of mechanical dissipation in the intermediate corona.
Document ID
19760017039
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Feldman, W. C. (Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Proc. of the Symp. on the Study of the Sun and Interplanetary Medium in Three Dimensions
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
76N24127
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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