Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2339b&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2339. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Earth, Earth'S Magnetosphere
Scientific paper
The bow shock (figure 1) is the nonlinear wave which stands in the SOLAR WIND flow upstream of the Earth's magnetosphere, at which the solar wind plasma is heated and decelerated in preparation for diversion around the magnetosphere. The dissipation processes at the shock depend on the properties of a collisionless plasma and lead to a rich range of energetic particles and plasma waves....
Burgess David
Murdin Paul
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