TRADITIONAL MODEL:

Pickup ion distribution function:

Differential energy flux:

is independent of V _sw at any fixed w = V / V _sw (e.g. Vasyliunas & Siscoe 1976)

The cut-off velocity of the pickup ion distribution is V = 2V _sw

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