Solar wind plasma

On the Effect of Pre-event Background in Determining Solar Particle Event Onset
The onset of a Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) event has been traditionally determined by using the velocity dispersion analysis (VDA), …
T. Laitinen, K. Huttunen-Heikinmaa, E. Valtonen
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On the acceleration and wave heating of the solar wind: implications of the mean free path of solar energetic particles
Wave damping and cascading processes have been found to be important for the heating and acceleration of the solar wind. However, it …
T. Laitinen, R. Vainio, H. Fichtner
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