Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996ssrv...78..375m&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, Volume 78, Issue 1-2, pp. 375-386
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Over the last 10 years the experimental basis for the study of the very local interstellar medium (VLISM) has been substantially broadened by the direct detection of pickup ions and of neutral helium. The strength of these methods lies in the local measurement of the particles. By scanning the gravitational focusing cone of the interstellar wind, a consistent set of interstellar helium parameters, neutral density, temperature and relative velocity, has been derived. However, the accuracy of these parameters is still hampered by uncertainties in some of the crucial ionization rates and in the pickup ion transport. Recent observations have shown that the scattering mean free path of pickup ions is comparable with the large scale variation of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) in the inner heliosphere. This requires a substantial modification in the modeling of the ion distribution and more detailed measurements, tasks that can be addressed in the near future.
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