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Neugebauer 1975
Neugebauer, M. (1975). The enhancement of solar wind fluctuations at the proton thermal gyroradius. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JA080i007p00998. issn: 0148-0227.

Average power spectra of solar wind fluctuations at frequencies up to 0.87 Hz are calculated from Ogo 5 measurements of positive ion flux. Although the general spectral trend follows the power law spectrum observed at lower frequencies, a small but statistically significant power enhancement is observed at the frequency &ngr;/2&pgr;R, where &ngr; is the solar wind velocity and R= (2mkT)1 2/eB is the gyroradius of proton thermal motions in the solar wind. The measured power spectrum is in rough agreement with that deduced from radio scintillation observations.

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