Jack Scudder's Papers: Solar Wind

Recent Planetary Magnetopause Collisionless Shocks Magnetic Reconnection Solar Wind Instrumentation

THE CAUSE OF THE CORONAL TEMPERATURE INVERSION OF THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOLAR WIND, J. D. SCUDDERNASA GSFC, CODE 692Download in pdf format.
Electron Observations in the Solar Wind and Magnetosheath, J. D. Scudder, D. L. Lind, K. W. OgilvieJGR 78, 28 6635(14pp), October 1, 1973Download in pdf format.
A Theory of Local and Global Processes Which Affect Solar Wind Electrons 2. Experimental Support, J. D. Scudder and Stanislaw OlbertJGR 84, A11, 6603(18pp), November 1, 1979Download in pdf format.
A Theory of Local and Global Processes Which Affect Solar Wind Electrons 1. The Origin of Typical 1 AU Velocity Distribution Functions--Steady State Theory, J. D. Scudder and Stanislaw OlbertJGR 84, A6, 2755(18pp), June 1, 1979Download in pdf format.
THE EFFECT OF A NON-MAXWELLIAN ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION ON OXYGEN AND IRON IONIZATION BALANCES IN THE SOLAR CORONA, S. P. Owocki, J. D. ScudderAp. J. 270,758(11pp), 1983 July 15Download in pdf format.
ON THE CAUSES OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN INHOMOGENEOUS LOW-DENSITY ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS, Jack D. ScudderAp. J., 398:299(20pp), 1992 October 10Download in pdf format.
Consequences of the large ambipolar electric field in the solar wind, J. D. ScudderIowa Univ., International Solar Wind 8 Conference, p. 37 06/1995 1995sowi.confR..37SDownload in pdf format.
Electron and ion temperature gradients and supra thermal tail strengths at Parker's solar wind critical point, J. D. ScudderJGR 101, A5, 11,039(15pp), May 1, 1996Download in pdf format.
Dreicer order ambipolar electric fields at Parker's steady state solar wind critical point, J. D. ScudderJGR 101, A6, 13,461(11pp), June 1, 1996Download in pdf format.
UBIQUITOUS NON-THERMALS IN ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS: RESTATING THE DIFFICULTY OF MAINTAINING MAXWELLIANS, J. D. Scudder and H. KarimabadiAp. J. 770:26(11pp), 2013 June 10; doi:10.1088/0004-637X/770/1/26Download in pdf format.
UBIQUITOUS NON-THERMALS IN ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS: RESTATING THE DIFFICULTY OF MAINTAINING MAXWELLIANS, J. D. Scudder and H. KarimabadiAp. J. 770:26(11pp), 2013 June 10Download in pdf format.
RADIAL VARIATION OF THE SOLAR WIND PROTON TEMPERATURE: HEAT FLOW OR ADDITION?, J. D. ScudderAp. J., 809(12pp), 2015 August 20Download in pdf format.
Steady Electron Runaway Model SERM: Astrophysical Alternative for the Maxwellian Assumption, J. D. ScudderAp. J. 885:138(10pp), 2019 November 10Download in pdf format.
The Long-standing Closure Crisis in Coronal Plasmas, J. D. ScudderAp. J. 885:148(13pp), 2019 November 10Download in pdf format.
The Thermal Force in Astrophysical Plasmas: Current Free Coulomb Friction, J. D. ScudderAp. J., 882:146(12pp), 2019 September 10Download in pdf format.

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