Anisotropy of >35 keV ions in corotating particle events at 1 AU

The anisotropy of 35-1000 keV ions in two corotating particle events associated with high-speed solar wind streams at 1 AU is examined in terms of the diffusion-convection propagation model using data from the Energetic Proton Anisotropy Spectrometer on ISEE-3. The calculated diffusive anisotropy in the solar wind frame is found to be sunward and closely field-aligned, with a nearly energy-independent magnitude of approx. 40%. For one stream, using the Voyager 2 data of Decker et al.(1981), a positive gradient of approx. 100%/AU is found for >approx. 50 keV ions between 1 and 4 AU. The observations do not appear to support the scatter-free propagation model and indicate that ions with energies as low as a few tens of keV may be in diffusive equilibrium with the solar wind in this class of events. (author)