Solar wind electron transport: Interplanetary electric field and heat conduction
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Authors
Pierrard, V.
Discipline
Physical sciences
Subject
Bulk velocity
Electron transport
Electrostatic potentials
Interplanetary electric fields
Interplanetary space
Kinetic approach
Kinetic models
Sharp increase
Solar corona
Suprathermal electrons
Acceleration
Electric fields
Heat conduction
Solar system
Solar wind
Audience
Scientific
Date
2012Metadata
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The presence of suprathermal electrons has important consequences on the acceleration process of the solar wind: they increase the electrostatic potential between the corona and the interplanetary space and accelerate of the solar wind to high bulk velocities. Moreover, they modify the heat conduction and can explain the sharp increase of the temperature in the solar corona. These consequences are well evidenced in the kinetic approach where no closure requires the distributions to be nearly Maxwellians.
Citation
Pierrard, V. (2012). Solar wind electron transport: Interplanetary electric field and heat conduction. , Space Science Reviews, Vol. 172, Issue 1-4, 315-324, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9743-6.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-84869498909
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng