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Acceleration of heavy ions in the solar wind

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6590703
The preferential acceleration and heating of solar wind heavy ions by the resonant cyclotron interaction were studied. It is concluded that this interaction is incapable of producing the observed differential speeds for reasonable solar wind parameters.
Research Organization:
New Hampshire Univ., Durham (USA)
OSTI ID:
6590703
Report Number(s):
N-84-13118
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English