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We report the results of a study of the 12-hour average distribution functions of high Z nuclei as measured over a 10-day interval on the Ulysses spacecraft at a helioradius of∼5.2 A.U. We use the good time and atomic mass resolution of the composition aperture of the HI-SCALE instrument to determine the form of the distribution functions for C, O, Ne, Mg, Si, and Fe over the energy range ∼0.5–16 MeV/nucl. We find that the distribution functions of these ions can be organized by characteristic velocities that have values ranging between∼2000–3500 km/sec over this interval.
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Lanzerotti, L.J., Maclennan, C.G. Study of distribution functions of interplanetary particles accelerated at co-rotating interaction region at∼5A.U.. Space Sci Rev 72, 335–338 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00768801
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