Interplanetary space-A new laboratory for rarefied gas dynamics [PDF]
Interplanetary space provides simultaneously the best vacuum available to man and, because of the solar wind, a tenuous and unsteady high-speed outflow of predominantly hydrogen gas from the sun, a remarkable variety of rarefied gasdynamics phenomena, to
Rizzi, A. R., Spreiter, J. R.
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Discontinuities and Shock Waves in the Interplanetary Medium and Their Interaction with the Magnetosphere [PDF]
, 1972 The discontinuous structure of the solar wind is described with emphasis on properties related to geomagnetic impulses. Some of the discontinuities are clearly hydromagnetic shocks and tangential discontinuities, and can produce a significant change in the momentum flux at the magnetosphere boundary.
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A space hurricane over the Earth's polar ionosphere. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2021 Zhang QH +13 more
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Radial evolution of power spectra of interplanetary Alfvenic turbulence [PDF]
The radial evolution of the power spectra of the MHD turbulence within the trailing edge of high speed streams in the solar wind was investigated with the magnetic field data of Helios 1 and 2 for heliocentric distance between 0.3 and 0.9 AU.
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In Situ Observations of Interstellar Pickup Ions from 1 au to the Outer Heliosphere. [PDF]
Space Sci Rev, 2022 Zirnstein EJ +7 more
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Microscale Alfven waves in the solar wind at 1 AU [PDF]
Analysis of IMP 1 (Explorer 43) plasma and magnetic field fluctuations on a scale of one hour revealed that linearly and circularly polarized Alfven waves are rarely present in the solar wind at 1 AU.
Burlaga, L. F., Turner, J. M.
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Magnetosheath Jet Formation Influenced by Parameters in Solar Wind Structures. [PDF]
J Geophys Res Space Phys, 2023 Koller F +5 more
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Magnetic dips in the solar wind [PDF]
Using magnetic data from the HELIOS 1 fluxgate magnetometer, with a 0.2 sec resolution, the structures of several interplanetary discontinuities involving magnetic dips and rotations of the magnetic field vector were investigated.
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Global auroral responses to magnetospheric compressions by shocks in the solar wind: Two case studies [PDF]
The global auroral responses to shocks in the solar wind at Earth were studied. The z-component of the interplanetary magnetic field, Bz, is negative ahead and behind the first shock and positive for the second case.
Craven, J. D. +4 more
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Interplanetary double-shock ensembles with anomalous electrical conductivity [PDF]
Similarity theory is applied to the case of constant velocity, piston-driven, shock waves. This family of solutions, incorporating the interplanetary magnetic field for the case of infinite electric conductivity, represents one class of experimentally ...
Dryer, M.
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