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Collier et al. 1998

Collier, M.R., Hamilton, D.C., Gloeckler, G., Ho, G., Bochsler, P., Bodmer, R. and Sheldon, R. (1998). Oxygen 16 to oxygen 18 abundance ratio in the solar wind observed by Wind/MASS. Journal of Geophysical Research 103: doi: 10.1029/97JA02245. issn: 0148-0227.

Measurements of the 16O and 18O distribution functions in the solar wind at low to average solar wind speeds from the MASS instrument on the Wind spacecraft are reported. The 16O/18O density ratio is 450¿130, a value consistent with terrestrial, solar photospheric, solar energetic particle, and galactic cosmic ray 16O/18O isotopic ratios. This study constitutes the first reported spacecraft measurement of the isotope 18O in the core solar wind and may represent the best determination of the solar 16O/18O density ratio to date. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Energetic particles, solar, Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Interplanetary Physics, Sources of the solar wind, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Transition region

Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research
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