The Structure of The Heliopause

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: The Structure of The Heliopause
المؤلفون: Quenby, J. J., Webber, W. R.
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: Astrophysics
Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Physics - Space Physics
الوصف: Voyager 1 has explored the solar wind-interstellar medium interaction region between the Terminal Shock and the Heliopause, following the intensity distribution of the shock accelerated anomalous component of cosmic rays in the MeV energy range. The sudden disappearance of this component at 121.7 AU from the sun is discussed in terms of three models for the transition into the interstellar plasma flow. Particles trapped flowing parallel to the boundary may penetrate up to one Larmour radius beyond. If the boundary is stationary, Voyager 1 directly samples this distance. The boundary could flap, depending on Heliosheath pressure changes and Voyager 1 then samples the extent of this motion. Finally, a turbulent boundary layer is considered in which the MeV particle distribution falls off with distance, thus measuring diffusion within the layer.
Comment: 5 pages
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt1813
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1105
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1306.1105
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv