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Detailed Reference Information |
Nerney, S. and Suess, S.T. (1995). Potential flow downstream of the heliospheric terminal shock: A non-spherical shock. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/95GL01658. issn: 0094-8276. |
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We have solved for the potential flow downstream of the terminal shock of the solar wind in the limit of small departures from a spherical shock due to a latitudinal ram pressure variation in the supersonic solar wind. The solution connects anisotropic streamlines at the shock to uniform streamlines down the heliotail because we use a non-slip boundary condition on the heliopause at large radii. The rotational velocity about the heliotail in the near-field solution decays as the fourth power of distance from the shock. The polar divergence of the streamlines will have consequences for the previously discussed magnetic pressure ridge that may build-up just inside the heliopause. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995 |
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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Heliopause and solar wind termination, Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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