Transport of Solar Wind H<SUP>+</SUP> and He<SUP>++</SUP> Ions across Earth's Bow Shock
- Parks, G. K.
- Lee, E.
- Fu, S. Y.
- Kim, H. E.
- Ma, Y. Q.
- Yang, Z. W.
- Liu, Y.
- Lin, N.
- HONG, J.
- Canu, Patrick
- Dandouras, I.
- Rème, H.
- Goldstein, M. L.
DOIAbstract
International audienceWe have investigated the dependence of mass, energy, and charge of solar wind (SW) transport across Earth?s bow shock. An examination of 111 crossings during quiet SW in both quasi-perpendicular and quasi-parallel shock regions shows that 64 crossings had various degrees of heating and thermalization of SW. We found 22 crossings where the SW speed was <400 km s ?1 . The shock potential of a typical supercritical quasi-perpendicular shock estimated from deceleration of the SW and cutoff energy of electron flat top distribution is ?50 Volts. We find that the temperatures of H and He beams that penetrate the shock can sometimes be nearly the same in the upstream and downstream regions, indicating little or no heating had ...
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