Nature of Stochastic Ion Heating in the Solar Wind: Testing the Dependence on Plasma Beta and Turbulence Amplitude

The solar wind undergoes significant heating as it propagates away from the Sun; the exact mechanisms responsible for this heating are not yet fully understood. We present for the first time a statistical test for one of the proposed mechanisms: stochastic ion heating. We use the amplitude of magnet...

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Main Authors: Vech, Daniel, Klein, Kristopher G., Kasper, Justin C.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab
Language:en
Published: IOP PUBLISHING LTD 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626264
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626264