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  • Measurehow the composition of the solar wind changeswith the solar cycle
  • Determine the relationship between solar magnetic featuresand solar wind speed and composition
  • Distinguish the effects of more frequent CME's on suprathermaland energetic particle acceleration
  • Assessthe information fromsolar neutron decay productsto determine whether they tellusaboutacceleration pro-

    cessesin the most energetic solar flares
  • Measureahalf-cycle'sworth of
    3He-rich solarparticleeventsand high-energy heavy ions(C,N,O,Si,and Fe),to

    determine their origins
  • Determine how the neutral gas distribution, ionization processes, and acceleration processes of interstellar pickup ions

    vary over the rise phase of the cycle. (No pickup ion studies yetexist covering the rise to solar maximum.)

Proposal forSOHO SolarMaximum Science Program-

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