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Helios 1+helios 2: a summary of IMF observations performed in the inner solar system during 1975–1981

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Il Nuovo Cimento C

Summary

The experimental observations performed by Helios 1 and Helios 2 spacecraft allow one to monitor the IMF conditions in the inner solars ystem (0.3≦r≦0.6A.U.) over many years. The field orientation closely corresponds to the theoretical predictions and the histograms of the distributions of the angular elements are possibly more peaked around the expected values than those ones obtained at greater heliocentric distances. The field behaviour, as examined over many years, does not show any clear long-term variation and only supports some evidence for a field modulation in the rising part of the new solar cycle.

Riassunto

In questo lavoro si discutono le osservazioni di campo magnetico interplanetario effettuate da Helios 1 ed Hebios 2 nel sistem a solare interno (tra 0.3 e 0.6 A.U.) trail 1975 ed il 1981. L'orientazione del campo appare corrispondente in media alle previsioni teoriche. Gl'istogrammi delle distribuzioni degli elementi angolari mostrano un chiaro accordo con le previsioni teoriche ed i minimi nella distribuzione dell'angolo azimuthale sono piú pronunciati che in regioni piú esterne del sistema solare. Un'analisi del comportamento a lungo periodo non mostra alcuna chiara evoluzione sistematica dell'ampiezza del campo. C'è tuttavia evidenza per una modulazione dell'ordine del 15% del campo medio nella fase ascendente del nuovo ciclo solare.

Резюме

В этой работе обсуждаюдения межпланетного магнитного пола, проведынные на космических аппаратах Гелнос-1 и Гелиос-2 во внутренней солнечной системе (между 0.3 и 0.6 а.е.д.) в период между 1975 и 1981. Ориентация поля соответсвует теоретическим предсканиям и гисограммя распределений утловых элементов имеют более резкие пики вблизи ожидаемых значений, чем гистограммы, полученные для больших гелиоцентрических растояний. Анализ поведения за больший период не обнаружнвает каких-либо систематических изменении амплитуды поля. Обнаружена модуляция порядка 15% среднего поля в возрастающей фазе нового солнечного цикла.

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Villante, U., Mariani, F. & Cirone, R. Helios 1+helios 2: a summary of IMF observations performed in the inner solar system during 1975–1981. Il Nuovo Cimento C 5, 497–506 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02558392

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