Simulated Energetic Particle Transport in the Interplanetary Space: The Palmer Consensus Revisited
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2013-06-17 v1 Space Physics
Abstract
Reproducing measurements of the scattering mean free paths for energetic particles propagating through the solar system has been a major problem in space physics. The pioneering work of Bieber et al. [Astrophys. J. 420, 294 (1994)] provided a theoretical explanation of such observations, which, however, was based on assumptions such as the questionable hypothesis that quasi-linear theory is correct for parallel diffusion. By employing a hybrid plasma-wave/magnetostatic turbulence model, a test-particle code is used to investigate the scattering of energetic particles. The results show excellent agreement with solar wind observations.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.1301.7162,
title = {Simulated Energetic Particle Transport in the Interplanetary Space: The Palmer Consensus Revisited},
author = {R. C. Tautz and A. Shalchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.7162},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
8 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in J. Geophys. Res