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Three different asymptotic branches of the two-fluid equations are found with τ e αλ m, τ p αλ n, where, λ is the inverse distance from the Sun, with (m, n) = (2/7, 2/7), (2/7, 6/7), (4/3, 4/3); other special solutions are also found but they correspond to special choices of density and temperature at the corona. In all the (4/3, 4/3) solutions, the electron and proton temperatures tend to equality at large distances.
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Roxburgh, I.W. The asymptotic behavior of the supersonic solutions of the two-fluid solar wind equations. Sol Phys 27, 478–480 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153118
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