Abstract
Interplanetary plasma and magnetic field data collected by Helios-1, Helios-2 and IMP-8 satellites over the periods December 1974–December 1976, January 1976–December 1976 and December 1974–December 1976, respectively, are analysed. From this analysis, we identified 85 about cases in which the proton temperature was very low. In 50 of these cases, the interplanetary magnetic field showed characteristic variations favorable for closed structures in the solar wind.
By using the calculated radial temperature gradients as a function of the solar wind speed and the heliocentric distance we were able to identify ‘cold’ protons in the neighborhood of the Sun (0.3 AU).
The estimation of the distance at which regions of cold protons are formed (10R ⊙) shows that this distance is the same whether we are using solar wind plasma data measured in fixed or in varied heliocentric distances.
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Geranios, A. Magnetically closed regions in the solar wind. Astrophys Space Sci 81, 103–122 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00676141
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