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Origin, Injection, and Acceleration of CIR Particles: Observations

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Corotating Interaction Regions

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This report emphasizes new observational aspects of CIR ions revealed by advanced instruments launched on the Ulysses, WIND, SOHO, and ACE spacecraft, and by the unique vantage point of Ulysses which carried out the first survey of Corotating Interaction Region (CIR) properties over a very wide range of heliolatitudes. With this more complete observational picture established, this review is the basis to consider the status of theoretical models on origin, injection, and acceleration of CIR particles reported by Scholer, Mann et al. (1999) in this volume.

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Mason, G.M. et al. (1999). Origin, Injection, and Acceleration of CIR Particles: Observations. In: Balogh, A., Gosling, J.T., Jokipii, J.R., Kallenbach, R., Kunow, H. (eds) Corotating Interaction Regions. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1179-1_16

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