Pressure enhancement associated with meridional flow in high-speed solar wind: possible evidence for an interplanetary magnetic flux rope

A sizable total-pressure (magnetic pressure plus kinetic pressure) enhancement was found within the high-speed wind stream observed by Helios 2 in 1976 near 0.3 AU. The proton density and temperature and the magnetic magnitude simultaneously increased for about 6 h. This pressure rise was associ...

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Main Authors: C.-Y. Tu, E. Marsch, K. Ivory, R. Schwenn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1997-02-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/15/137/1997/angeo-15-137-1997.pdf