  We present the multifractal study of the intermittency of the magnetic field
turbulence in the fast and slow solar wind beyond the ecliptic plane during two
solar minima (1997-1998, 2007-2008) and solar maximum (1999-2001). More
precisely, we consider 126 time intervals of Ulysses magnetic field
measurements, obtain the multifractal spectra, and examine the degree of
multifractality as the measure of intermittency in the MHD range of scales, for
a wide range of heliocentric distances and heliolatitudes. The results show a
slow decrease of intermittency with the radial distance, which is more
significant for the fast than for the slow solar wind. Analysis of Alfvenic and
compressive fuctuations confirms the decrease of intermittency with distance
and latitude. This radial dependence of multifractality/intermittency may be
explained by a slower evolution of turbulence beyond the ecliptic plane and by
the reduced efficiency of intermittency drivers with the distance from the Sun.
Additionally, our analysis shows that the greatest differences between magnetic
field components are revealed close to the Sun, where intermittency is the
strongest. Moreover, we observe that the slow solar wind from the maximum of
the solar cycle 23 exhibits in general, a lower level of multifractality
(intermittency) than fast solar wind, which can be related to the idea of a new
type of Alfvenic slow solar wind.
