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A comparison has been made between the predictions of the theory for radial variations of both Alfvénic fluctuations and solar wind proton temperatures proposed by Tu (1987, 1988) and the statistical results of hourly averaged plasma and magnetic field data observed by Helios 1 and 2 from launch through 1980 for different solar wind speed regimes. The comparison shows that for speed ranges between 500–800 km s-1, the radial variation of the proton temperature between 0.3 and 1 AU can be explained by heating from the cascade energy determined by the radial variation of the total variance of magnetic field vector. The explanation of the radial variations of both temperature and the total variance of magnetic fields for speed ranges less than 400 km s -1 is less clear.
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This project was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China for Tu's part of the work.
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Tu, CY., Freeman, J.W. & Lopez, R.E. The proton temperature and the total hourly variance of the magnetic field components in different solar wind speed regions. Sol Phys 119, 197–206 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146220
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