Electron energy transport in the solar wind: Ulysses observations

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.51386· OSTI ID:574650

Scime, E E ^[1]; Gary, S P; Phillips, J L ^[2]; Balogh, A ^[3]; Lengyel-Frey, D ^[4]

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1. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (United States)
3. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
4. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (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. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 574650
• Report Number(s): CONF-9506256--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 382; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
ELECTRON DENSITY
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT FLUX
INTERPLANETARY SPACE
PLASMA WAVES
SOLAR WIND
WHISTLERS