PARTICLE-ACCELERATION BY AN INTERPLANETARY SHOCK-PAIR SEEN AT ULYSSESAT 3.15 AU

Citation
Sj. Tappin et al., PARTICLE-ACCELERATION BY AN INTERPLANETARY SHOCK-PAIR SEEN AT ULYSSESAT 3.15 AU, Astronomy and astrophysics, 292(1), 1994, pp. 311-329
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
292
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
311 - 329
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1994)292:1<311:PBAISS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Observations from the HI-SCALE instrument on Ulysses of the ions and e lectrons associated with an interplanetary shock-pair at about 3.15 AU are presented. An empirical model is used to derive the evolution of the particle distribution in the solar wind frame. The forward shock i s shown to be the primary source of ion acceleration, while the weaker and younger reverse shock is found to trap particles in its vicinity. There is also evidence of electron acceleration at the forward shock. We find evidence of multiple shock encounters for both ions and elect rons.