The Solar Wind in the Outer Heliosphere

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Sep 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aipc..719..182r&link_type=abstract

PHYSICS OF THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 719, pp. 182-188 (2004).

Physics

Particle Emission, Solar Wind, Solar Wind Plasma, Sources Of Solar Wind, Planetary Bow Shocks, Interplanetary Shocks

Scientific paper

We review observations of plasma in the outer heliosphere The recent plasma data are dominated by merged interaction regions (MIRs). These MIRs differ from those observed last solar cycle in that the speed, density, magnetic field magnitude, and dynamic pressure all vary in phase. The most recent data show an increase in speed with a superposed sawtooth structure which is probably related to the equatorial extension of the solar polar coronal holes and their high-speed solar wind. The solar wind dynamic pressure has started its solar-cycle related increase, which should drive the termination shock outward. Comparison of the Voyager 2 plasma data with Voyager 1 energetic particle data shows a good correlation and may explain aspects of the timing of these events.

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