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Sweet's mechanism in the solar windSweet's mechanism occurs in the solar wind, at D-sheets near 1 AU. Conductivities on the order of 10,000 esu are obtained, which is on the order of the local plasma frequency. This implies that the effective collision frequency is on the order of the plasma frequency. The lateral extent of D-sheets is approximately 0.01 AU to 0.001 AU. Hundreds of such D-sheets are probably present between the orbits of Venus and Earth at any instant.
Document ID
19740013297
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Burlaga, L. F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Scudder, J. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1974
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-X-70630
X-692-74-110
Accession Number
74N21410
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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