Search Results - "Randol, Brent M."
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Spectral Properties of Suprathermal Protons Associated with Interplanetary Shocks from WIND/STICS Data
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2024)“…Here are analyzed 3D velocity distribution functions (VDFs) of protons in the suprathermal energy-per-charge ( E / Q ) domain of 6.2 to 223.1 keV/e, as…”
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Energetic Neutral Atoms from Solar Energetic Particles due to Shocks: Inclusion of Upstream Particles
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2023)“…Many aspects of solar energetic particles are not well understood, including their acceleration mechanism. There has been recent interest in the potential of…”
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Coupling of Charged Particles Via Coulombic Interactions: Numerical Simulations and Resultant Kappa-Like Velocity Space Distribution Functions
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-03-2016)“…A parametric study is performed using the electrostatic simulations of Randol and Christian (2014) in which the number density, n, and initial thermal speed,…”
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Time Evolution of a System of Particles Obeying Coulomb’s Law and the High-speed Rollover of Suprathermal Tails in the Solar Wind
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2021)“…In this article, we show through a series of rigorous mathematical steps, starting with Liouville’s equation and solving it for the case of two protons using…”
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Non-Maxwellian Velocity Distribution Functions for Coulombic Systems Out of Equilibrium
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2019)“…The velocity distribution function (VDF) of ions in the solar wind, as observed by spacecraft at 1 au and elsewhere in the heliosphere, exhibits a consistent…”
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Slowing of the Solar Wind in the Outer Heliosphere
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-11-2019)“…This study provides a deeper understanding of how the solar wind evolves with increasing distance from the Sun as it encounters an increasing amount of…”
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Simulations of plasma obeying Coulomb's law and the formation of suprathermal ion tails in the solar wind
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-09-2014)“…We present a model for the velocity distribution function (VDF) of the suprathermal ion tail in the solar wind and its commonly observed spectrum, a power law…”
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Measurements of solar wind and pick-up ions from new horizons/solar wind around Pluto
Published 01-01-2012“…As the spacecraft New Horizons makes its journey toward Pluto and beyond, the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument collects energy spectra of the solar…”
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Measurements of solar wind and pick-up ions from new horizons/solar wind around Pluto
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