1. Probing diffusion parameters of suprathermal ions near heliospheric shocks
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K. Bamert, Martin Hilchenbach, Berndt Klecker, and R. Kallenbach
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Physics ,Atmospheric Science ,Range (particle radiation) ,Aerospace Engineering ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence ,Spectral line ,Ion ,Momentum diffusion ,Interplanetary coronal mass ejection ,Geophysics ,Distribution function ,Physics::Plasma Physics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Physics::Space Physics ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Atomic physics ,Diffusion (business) - Abstract
The distribution functions of suprathermal ions in the energy range 35–2000 keV/amu associated with the interplanetary coronal mass ejection of 14–16 July 2000 are analyzed. The ion spectra agree with a theoretical model on momentum diffusion in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence.
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- 2004
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