Possible physical properties of the flow in the vicinity of the heliopause

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Baranov, V B ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heliopause; Heliosheath; Local interstellar medium; Magnetic field; Shock waves; Solar wind; Tangential discontinuity

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; FLOW OF GASES; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PHASE INTERFACES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

CHARGE EXCHANGE PROCESS; HELIOPAUSE; HELIOSHEATH; IONIZED HYDROGEN PLASMAS; LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; STRONG INTERACTION; STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TANGENTIAL DISCONTINUITIES;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 67650429658     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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