Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003jgra..108.1071r&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), Volume 108, Issue A2, pp. SSH 6-1, CiteID 1071, DOI 10.1029/2002JA009560
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Interplanetary Physics: Solar Wind Plasma, Mathematical Geophysics: Numerical Solutions, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Magnetic Fields, Space Plasma Physics: Discontinuities
Scientific paper
In the paper we examine the numerical results for the case of aligned interstellar MHD flow with fixed boundary conditions for the solar wind and the interstellar plasma whose magnetic field strength is varied between 1.0 to 3.0 μG. The results for aligned flow show how variations of the upstream Alfvén Mach number can cause substantial changes in the location of the bow shock and heliopause near the stagnation line. The heliopause experiences a squeezing effect, which increases with decreasing Alfvén Mach number. At a critical magnetic field strength the structure of the heliospheric boundary changes dramatically, moving outward from the Sun by virtue of a sucking effect. The purpose of the paper is to explain the mechanisms which can give rise to a sucking effect of the heliopause.
McKenzie James F.
Ratkiewicz Romana
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