Abstract
A statistical analysis of interstellar He+ pickup ion measurements from SOHO/CTOF combined with magnetic field data from WIND/MFI enable quantitative study of wave‐particle interactions in the inner heliosphere for the first time. Magnetic field vector measurements with a time resolution of 3 seconds are used to determine power spectrum characteristics of interplanetary magnetic turbulence. These spectral characteristics are then compared in superposed epoch and correlation analyses with He+ fluxes and spectra. The observed pickup ion velocity distributions can be explained consistently as a consequence of pitch angle scattering of the interstellar pickup ions by Alfvénic fluctuations.
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