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Interplanetary shock event of November 11/12 1978, a comprehensive test of acceleration theory

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6795863
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A comprehensive study of the November 11/12, 1978 shock event based on energetic particle, solar wind, magnetic field and wave data from the ISEE-3, -1 and -2 spacecraft has been undertaken both from the energetic and the collisionless shock point of view. The energy density of 10-50 keV protons accelerated by the shock is found to be equivalent to the upstream magnetic field energy density. The observations are in quantitative agreement with Lee's (1983) self consistent theory for the excitation of hydromagnetic waves and the acceleration of ions upstream of interplanetary shocks.
Research Organization:
Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6795863
Report Number(s):
N-83-35855
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

640107* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Planetary Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BARYONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY DENSITY
FERMIONS
HADRONS
INTERPLANETARY SPACE
NUCLEONS
PLASMA WAVES
PROTONS
RADIATIONS
SHOCK WAVES
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR PROTONS
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR WIND
SPACE
STELLAR RADIATION