An estimation of the shape and location of the heliospheric termination shock

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Title

An estimation of the shape and location of the heliospheric termination shock (EN)

Creator

Exarhos, G (EN)

Moussas, X (EN)

Type

journalArticle (EN)

Partial document
Publication in journal (EN)

Article
Scientific article (EN)

Issued

2014-03-01T01:49:45Z

2000 (EN)

Year

2000 (EN)

Description

We calculate semianalytically the distance to the heliospheric termination shock, and we use Ulysses measurements as data input for a realistic application. Therefore, we can find directly the consequences of the solar wind latitudinal variation on the shape of the termination shock. The model that we use is an approximate gasdynamic model. Our purpose is to develop a semianalytical model that can use any spacecraft measurements as data input to give the distance of the termination shock from the Sun, avoiding the complicated but more accurate numerical simulations. (EN)

Scientific field

Astronomy & Astrophysics (EN)

Natural Sciences ▶ Physical sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics (EN)

Subject

NONUNIFORM SOLAR-WIND (EN)

FLOW DOWNSTREAM (EN)

ISM : kinematics and dynamics (EN)

hydrodynamics (EN)

MODEL (EN)

LOCAL INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM (EN)

shock waves (EN)

solar wind (EN)