Belov, N.A. and Ruderman, M.S. (2010) The structure of the hydrodynamic plasma flow near the heliopause stagnation point. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 401 (1). pp. 607-612. ISSN 0035-8711
Abstract
The plasma flow in the vicinity of the heliopause stagnation point in the presence of the H atom flow is studied. The plasma at both sides of the heliopause is considered to be a single fluid. The back reaction of the plasma flow on the H atom flow is neglected, and the density, temperature and velocity of the H atom flow are taken to be constant. The solution describing the plasma flow is obtained in the form of power series expansions with respect to the radial distance from the symmetry axis. The main conclusion made on the basis of the obtained solution is that the heliopause is not the surface of discontinuity anymore. Rather, it is the surface separating the flows of the solar wind and interstellar medium with all plasma parameters continuous at this surface.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 RAS Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | hydrodynamics; plasmas; solar wind; Solar system: general |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Mathematics and Statistics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2017 15:46 |
Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2017 15:46 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15683.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15683.x |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123565 |