Energies of backstreaming protons in the foreshock

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7090815

Greenstadt, E W

A predicted pattern of energy vs detector location in the cislunar region is displayed for protons of zero pitch angle traveling upstream away from the quasi-parallel bow shock. The pattern is implied by upstream wave boundary properties. In the solar ecliptic, protons are estimated to have a minimum of 1.1 times the solar wind bulk energy E/sub SW/ when the wave boundary is in the early morning sector and a maximum of 8.2 E/sub SW/ when the boundary is near the predawn flank. (auth)

• Research Organization: TRW Systems Group, Redondo Beach, CA (USA). Space Sciences Dept.
• OSTI ID: 7090815
• Report Number(s): N-76-34104; NASA-CR-147981; TRW-29506-6002-RU-00
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BARYONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY
FERMIONS
HADRONS
MAGNETOSPHERE
NUCLEONS
PROTONS
RADIATIONS
SHOCK WAVES
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR PROTONS
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR WIND
STELLAR RADIATION
TRAJECTORIES