Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Aug 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991ssrv...57..339w&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews (ISSN 0038-6308), vol. 57, Aug. 1991, p. 339-388.
Statistics
Applications
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Heliosphere, Rankine-Hugoniot Relation, Shock Wave Interaction, Solar Wind, Space Plasmas, Coronal Holes, Mathematical Models, Shock Heating, Solar Corona
Scientific paper
The results of recent simulations of the nonlinear evolution of the solar wind structures are reviewed, emphasizing theoretical development and the shock interactions model (SIM). Models which calculate jumps in flow properties across shocks without using exact Rankine-Hugoniot relations and models which do use them are addressed. The development of a computer code and some basic applications to the SIM are considered. Simulation results for the formation and propagation of forward-reverse shock pairs and the collision and merging of shocks are shown. Two studies which used the SIM to simulate nonlinear evolution of large-scale solar wind structures in the outer heliosphere are examined, and the SIM is then applied to study the heating of the solar wind in the outer heliosphere. The results support the hypothesis that shocks are mainly responsible for the heating of the solar wind plasma in the outer heliosphere at least up to 30 AU.
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