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Gazis & Lazarus 1982
Gazis, P.R. and Lazarus, A.J. (1982). Voyager observations of solar wind proton temperature: 1–10AU. Geophysical Research Letters 9: doi: 10.1029/GL009i004p00431. issn: 0094-8276.

SOlar wind proton temperatures are measured simultaneously by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, far from Earth, and the IMP 8 spacecraft in Earth orbit. This technique allows the separation of radial and temporal variations of solar wind parameters. The average value of the proton temperature from 1 to 9 AU is observed to decrease as r-0.7¿0.2 which is slower than would be expected for adiabatic expansion. A detailed look at the solar wind stream structure shows that considerable heating occurs at the interface between high and low speed streams.

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