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Donohue & Zank 1993
Donohue, D.J. and Zank, G.P. (1993). Steady state and dynamical structure of a cosmic-ray-modified termination shock. Journal of Geophysical Research 98: doi: 10.1029/93JA01948. issn: 0148-0227.

A hydrodynamic model is developed for the structure of a cosmic-ray-modified termination shock. The model is based on the two-fluid equations of diffusive shock acceleration (Drury and V¿lk, 1981). Both the steady state structure of the shock and its interaction with outer heliospheric disturbances are considered. Under the assumption that the solar wind is decelerated by diffusing interstellar cosmic rays, it is shown that the natural state of the termination shock is a gradual deceleration and compression, followed by a discontinuous jump to a downstream state which is dominated by the pressure contribution of the cosmic rays. A representative model is calculated for the steady state which incorporates both interstellar cosmic ray mediation and diffusively accelerated anomalous ions through a proposed thermal leakage mechanism. The interaction of large-scale disturbances with the equilibrium termination shock model is shown to result in some unusual downstream structure, including transmitted shocks and cosmic-ray-modified contact discontinuities. The structure observed may be connected to the 2-kHz outer heliospheric radio emission (Cairns et al., 1992a, b). The time-dependent simulations also demonstrate that interaction with solar wind compressible turbulence (e.g., traveling interplanetary shocks, etc.) could induce the termination shock to continually fluctuate between cosmic-ray-dominated and gas-dynamic states. This fluctuation may represent a partial explanation of the galactic cosmic ray modulation effect and illustrates that the Pioneer and Voyager satellites will encounter an evolving shock whose structure and dynamic properties are strongly influenced by the mediation of interstellar and anomalous cosmic rays. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Heliopause and solar wind termination, Interplanetary Physics, Cosmic rays, Interplanetary Physics, Discontinuities, Interplanetary Physics, Interstellar gas
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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