Solar wind plasma processes and transport

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Abstract
The solar wind is one of the few examples of an astrophysical plasma accessible to in situ measurement. This accessibility allows a determination of the distribution of internal energy in sufficient detail to evaluate and understand the various kinetic mechanisms which cooperate to determine plasma transport. Because the transport properties of a gas affect its dynamical evolution as well as its internal state, studies of solar wind transport are important toward an eventual understanding of 1 ) acceleration mechanisms responsible for the coronal expansion, 2) the interaction between the solar wind and solar system bodies such as the planets, comets, and asteroids, 3) the propagation and evolution of disturbances through interplanetary space and, 4) interplanetary acceleration mechanisms which contribute to, and affect the distribution of, the local energetic particle population.The purpose of this report is to outline what I feel were the most significant advances made in solar wind transport since 1974 and to provide a complete listing of relevant literature for this interval. A guide to previous literature can be traced through the individual research papers as well as through the several comprehensive review articles published during this interval. The references are listed at the end of the present report.