caa a22 4500 463254015 CHVBK 20180627064159.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00159-006-0002-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00159-006-0002-x Bochsler Peter Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire, 03824, Durham, NH, USA aut Minor ions in the solar wind [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Bochsler] Ions heavier than 4He are treated as "minors” in the solar wind. This is justified for many applications since minor ions have no significant influence on the dynamics of the interplanetary plasma. However, minor ions carry information on many aspects of the formation, on the acceleration and on the transfer of solar plasma from the corona into the interplanetary space. This review concentrates on various aspects of minor ions as diagnostic tracers. The elemental abundance patterns of the solar wind are shaped in the chromosphere and in the lower transition region by processes, which are not fully understood at this moment. Despite this lack of detailed understanding, observed abundance patterns have been classified and are now commonly used to characterize the sources, and to trace back solar-wind flows to their origins in the solar atmosphere. Furthermore, the solar wind is the most important source of information for solar isotopic abundances and for solar abundances of volatile elements. In order to fully exploit this information, a comprehensive understanding of elemental and isotopic fractionation processes is required. We provide observational clues to distinguish different processes at work. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Solar Wind nationallicence Sun nationallicence Composition nationallicence The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review Springer-Verlag 14/1(2007-01-01), 1-40 0935-4956 14:1<1 2007 14 159 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00159-006-0002-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00159-006-0002-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bochsler Peter Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire, 03824, Durham, NH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review Springer-Verlag 14/1(2007-01-01), 1-40 0935-4956 14:1<1 2007 14 159 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 463254015 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer