Consequences of the solar system passage through dense interstellar clouds

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1263-1273

  Yeghikyan, A G ^a,b   Fahr, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BYURAKAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (heliopause and solar wind termination; interplanetary dust; interstellar gas)

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY DUST; SOLAR PHENOMENA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0041846725     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1263-2003     Document Type: Article

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