Electron energy transport in the solar wind: Ulysses observations

Journal Article · Sat Jul 20 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.51386· OSTI ID:21163474

Scime, Earl E; Gary, S Peter; Phillips, John L; Balogh, Andre; Lengyel-Frey, Denise ^[1]

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1. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (United States)

Previous analysis suggests that the whistler heat flux instability is responsible for the regulation of the electron heat flux of the solar wind. For an interval of quiescent solar wind during the in-ecliptic phase of the Ulysses mission, the plasma wave data in the whistler frequency regime are compared to the predictions of the whistler heat flux instability model. The data is well constrained by the predicted upper bound on the electron heat flux and a clear correlation between wave activity and electron heat flux dissipation is observed.

• OSTI ID: 21163474
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 382; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS
CORRELATIONS
ELECTRONS
HEAT FLUX
HEAT LOSSES
PLASMA
PLASMA WAVES
SOLAR WIND
WHISTLER INSTABILITY