Interstellar magnetic field effects on the termination shock, heliopause, and bow shock: Aligned MHD flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Ratkiewicz, Romana ^a   McKenzie, James F ^b,c  

^a Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Neutral particles; Solar wind LISM interaction; Switch on shock

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444227555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009560     Document Type: Article

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