Motion of the termination shock in response to an 11 year variation in the solar wind

Details Motion of the termination shock in response to an 11 year variation in the solar wind Motion of the termination shock in response to an 11 year variation in the solar wind

May 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995georl..22.1153k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 22, no. 9, p. 1153-1156

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Heliosphere, Hydrodynamic Equations, Periodic Variations, Pressure Distribution, Shock Wave Profiles, Solar Wind, Interstellar Space, Shock Wave Attenuation, Subsonic Flow, Supersonic Flow, Two Dimensional Models

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A two-dimensional hydrodynamic numerical model was used to study the motion of the termination shock in response to an 11 year variation in the solar wind ram pression. For a total variation in the ram pressue by a factor of 2, a termination shock at 89 AU was found to move inward and outward about +/- 8% of its distance with a typical velocity of 12 km/sec. This movement may be understood in terms of the various time scales associated with the response of the termination shock and heliopause to variations in the solar wind ram pressure.

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