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Magnetic and thermal energies in the solar wind

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Magnetic and thermal energy densities measured in the solar wind by the spacecraft Vela-3/IMP-3, Explorer-34 and HEOS-1 are compared.

A linear relation seems to exist, on the average, between these parameters, suggesting a possible equipartition of energy between plasma and magnetic field.

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  1. Laboratorio per il Plasma nello Spazio (C.N.R.) Frascati-Roma, Italy

    L. Diodato, G. Moreno & C. Signorini

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Diodato, L., Moreno, G. & Signorini, C. Magnetic and thermal energies in the solar wind. Sol Phys 40, 231–234 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00183165

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