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Electron Energy Partition across Interplanetary Shocks. II. Statistics
Author | Wilson, Lynn; Chen, Li-Jen; Wang, Shan; Schwartz, Steven; Turner, Drew; Stevens, Michael; Kasper, Justin; Osmane, Adnane; Caprioli, Damiano; Bale, Stuart; Pulupa, Marc; Salem, Chadi; Goodrich, Katherine; |
Keywords | Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Interplanetary particle acceleration; Interplanetary shocks; parker solar probe; Physics - Plasma Physics; Physics - Space Physics; Plasma astrophysics; Plasma physics; Solar coronal mass ejection shocks; Solar coronal mass ejections; Solar Probe Plus; Solar wind; Space plasmas |
Abstract | A statistical analysis of 15,210 electron velocity distribution function (VDF) fits, observed within \textpm2 hr of 52 interplanetary (IP) shocks by the Wind spacecraft near 1 au, is presented. This is the second in a three-part series on electron VDFs near IP shocks. The electron velocity moment statistics for the dense, low-energy core, tenuous, hot halo, and field-aligned beam/strahl are a statistically significant list of values illustrated with both histograms and tabular lists for reference and baselines in future work. Given the large statistics in this investigation, the beam/strahl fit results in the upstream are now the most comprehensive attempt to parameterize the beam/strahl electron velocity moments in the ambient solar wind. The median density, temperature, beta, and temperature anisotropy values for the core(halo)[beam/strahl] components, with subscripts ec(eh)[eb], of all fit results, respectively, are nec(h)[b]\~ 11.3(0.36)[0.17] cm-3, Tec(h)[b],tot\~ 14.6(48.4)[40.2] eV, β ec(h)[b],tot\~ 0.93(0.11)[0.05], and \mathcal A ec(h)[b] \~ 0.98(1.03)[0.93]. This work will also serve as a 1 au baseline and reference for missions like Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Journal | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |
Volume | 245 |
Number of Pages | 24 |
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Date Published | 12/2019 |
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URL | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ab5445 |
DOI | 10.3847/1538-4365/ab5445 |