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Science 19 May 1995:
Vol. 268. no. 5213, pp. 1005 - 1007
DOI: 10.1126/science.7754377
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Science, Vol 268, Issue 5213, 1005-1007
Copyright © 1995 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Ulysses above the sun's south pole: an introduction

EJ Smith, RG Marsden, and DE Page

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA.

Ulysses has explored the field and particle environment of the sun's polar region. The solar wind speed was fast and nearly constant above -50 degrees latitude. Compositional differences were observed in slow (low-latitude) solar wind and in fast (high-latitude) solar wind. The radial magnetic field did not change with latitude, implying that polar cap magnetic fields are transported toward the equator. The intensity of galactic cosmic rays was nearly independent of latitude. Their access to the polar region is opposed by outward-traveling, large amplitude waves in the magnetic field.


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Cosmic Ray and Solar Particle Investigations Over the South Polar Regions of the Sun.
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