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Re: magnetic lines like these

At 11:30 AM -0400 5/12/98, LUDWIK KOWALSKI wrote:

And in the case of the macroscopically neutral solar wind (+ and -
particles ejected from the Sun with the same mean speed) the net field of
escaping particle must be zero.
Ludwik Kowalski

I'm gonna GUESS that the + and - particles in the wind have nearly equal KE
distributions, rather than nearly equal speed distributions. This would
have electrons moving 'a bit' faster than protons, if that makes a
difference to your thoughts.

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