Global Asymmetry of the Heliosphere

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2006-06-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606324v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 5 figures, AIP Proceedings of the 5th IGPP "The Physics of the Inner Heliosheath: Voyager Observations, Theory and Fu

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2359304

Opher et al. 2006 showed that an interstellar magnetic field parallel to the plane defined by the deflection of interstellar hydrogen atoms can produce a north/south asymmetry in the distortion of the solar wind termination shock. This distortion is consistent with Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 observations of the direction of field-aligned streaming of the termination shock particles upstream the shock. The model also indicates that such a distortion will result in a significant north/south asymmetry in the distance to the shock and the thickness of heliosheath. The two Voyager spacecraft should reveal the nature and degree of the asymmetry in the termination shock and heliosheath.

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