Accession Number:
ADA011764
Title:
Quasi-Exospheric Heat Flux of Solar-Wind Electrons.
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept.,
Corporate Author:
AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF LAB OPERATIONS
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Report Date:
1975-05-15
Pagination or Media Count:
25.0
Abstract:
Density, bulk-velocity, and heat-flow moments are calculated for truncated Maxwellian distributions representing the cool and hot populations of solar-wind electrons, as realized at the base of a hypothetical exosphere. The electrostatic potential is thus calculated by requiring charge quasi-neutrality and the absence of electrical current. Plasma-kinetic coupling of the cool-electron and proton bulk velocities leads to an increase in the electrostatic potential and a decrease in the heat-flow moment.
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Subject Categories:
- Atmospheric Physics