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The paper discusses the dynamics of solar wind proton,α-particle and electron fluxes near the Earth's bow shock front. In subsequently developed events, deceleration and deflection of ion components and electron heating are observed. The velocity distributions of protons andα-particles behind the shock front have a strongly inhomogeneous structure that is gradually smoothing out in the magnetosheath. Unlike protons,α-particles behind the front do not generate beams with energy exceeding that of the solar wind.
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Zastenker, G.N., Vaisberg, O.L., Němeček, Z. et al. Solar wind protons, alpha particles and electrons in the shock wave and the potential barrier (The intershock project). Czech J Phys 39, 569–576 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01597721
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