Observations of Energetic Ions and Electrons in the Distant Heliosphere: 2001 - 2005.0

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2032706· OSTI ID:20719188

McDonald, Frank B ^[1]; Stone, Edward C; Cummings, Alan C ^[2]; Burlaga, Leonard F; Heikkila, Bryant C; Lal, Nand ^[3]; Ness, Norman F ^[4]; Richardson, John D ^[5]; Webber, William R ^[6]

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1. Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States)
3. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
4. Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
5. Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
6. Department of Physics and Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (United States)

As Voyager 1 (V1) moves closer to the heliospheric termination shock (TS), a new energetic particle population is observed: Termination Shock Particle events (TSP). Interplanetary disturbances in the form of merged interaction regions (MIRs) -- identified using Voyager 2 (V2) data -- have a major effect on the V1 TSP events from their onset to termination along with triggering episodic increases in higher energy ions (35 MeV H) and MeV electrons. The nature of these interactions appear to evolve as V1 moves closer to the TS.

• OSTI ID: 20719188
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 781, Issue 1; Conference: 4. annual IGPP international astrophysics conference, Palm Springs, CA (United States), 26 Feb - 3 Mar 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2032706; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
HELIOSPHERE
MEV RANGE 10-100
SHOCK WAVES
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR WIND
TAIL ELECTRONS
TAIL IONS
VOYAGER SPACE PROBES