Physics of the solar wind-local interstellar medium interaction: Role of magnetic fields

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 295-327

  Zank, G P ^a   Pogorelov, N V ^a   Heerikhuisen, J ^a   Washimi, H ^a   Florinski, V ^a   Borovikov, S ^a   Kryukov, I ^a   Muller H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic neutral atoms; Interstellar medium; Pickup ions; Solar wind boundaries

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS COSMIC RAYS; BOUNDARY REGIONS; COMPLEX-COUPLING; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; HUNTSVILLE; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; INTERSTELLAR PLASMA; LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; NEUTRAL ATOMS; PICKUP IONS; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS; TERMINATION SHOCKS; UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA;

ATOMS; COSMOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 70349196474     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9497-6     Document Type: Article

References (126)

1. D. Alexashov V. Izmodenov 2005 Kinetic vs. multi-fluid models of H atoms in the heliospheric interface: a comparison Astron. Astrophys. 439 1171 1181 2005A&A...439.1171A (Pubitemid 41305128)
2. W.I. Axford 1972 The interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar medium Solar Wind, NASA Spec. Publ. SP-308 609 1972NASSP.308..609A
3. W.I. Axford A.J. Dessler B. Gottlieb 1963 Astrophys. J. 137 1268 1963ApJ...137.1268A
4. S.J. Bame J.R. Asbridge H.E. Felthauser E.W. Hones I.B. Strong 1967 J. Geophys. Res. 72 113 1967JGR....72..113B
5. V.B. Baranov Y.G. Malama 1993 J. Geophys. Res. 98 15157 1993JGR....9815157B
6. V.B. Baranov Y.G. Malama 1995 J. Geophys. Res. 100 14755 1995JGR...10014755B
7. V.B. Baranov K. Krasnobaev A. Kulikovsky 1971 Sov. Phys. Dokl. 15 791 1971SPhD...15..791B
8. V.B. Baranov M.K. Ermakov M.G. Lebedev 1981 Three-component gasdynamic model of the interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar medium Sov. Astron. Lett. 7 206 1981SvAL....7..206B
9. T. Borrmann H. Fichtner 2005 Adv. Space Sci. 35 2091 2005AdSpR..35.2091B
10. S.N. Borovikov, J. Heerikhuisen, N.V. Pogorelov, I.A. Kryukov, G.P. Zank, in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2007, ed. by N.V. Pogorelov, E. Audit, G.P. Zank (ASP, San Francisco, 2008a), pp. 197-203
11. S.N. Borovikov N.V. Pogorelov G.P. Zank I.A. Kryukov 2008 Astrophys. J. 682 1404 2008ApJ...682.1404B
12. J.M. Burgers, Flow Equations for Composite Gases (Academic Press, New York, 1969)
13. L.F. Burlaga, et al. 2005 Science 309 2027 2029 2005Sci...309.2027B
14. L.F. Burlaga, et al. 2008 Nature 454 75 2008Natur.454...75B
15. M.R. Collier 1995 Geophys. Res. Lett. 22 2673 1995GeoRL..22.2673C
16. D.P. Cox L. Helenius 2003 Flux-tube dynamics and a model for the origin of the Local Fluff Astrophys. J. 583 205 2003ApJ...583..205C
17. A. Dalgarno 1960 Proc. Phys. Soc. 75 374
18. L.E. Davis 1955 Interplanetary magnetic fields and cosmic rays Phys. Rev. 100 1440 1955PhRv..100.1440D
19. R.B. Decker, et al. 2005 Science 309 2020 2005Sci...309.2020D
20. R.B. Decker, et al. 2008 Nature 454 67 2008Natur.454...67D
21. H.J. Fahr S. Grzedzielski R. Ratkiewicz 1988 Ann. Geophys. 6 337 1988AnGeo...6..337F
22. H.J. Fahr T. Kausch H. Scherer 2000 Astron. Astrophys. 357 268 2000A&A...357..268F
23. L.A. Fisk G. Gloeckler 2006 Astrophys. J. 640 L79 2006ApJ...640L..79F
24. W.L. Fite A.C.H. Smith R.F. Stebbings 1962 Charge transfer in collisions involving symmetric and asymmetric resonance Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A 268 527 1962RSPSA.268..527F
25. V. Florinski G.P. Zank N.V. Pogorelov 2003 J. Geophys. Res. 108 A6 1228 10.1029/2002JA009695
26. V. Florinski G.P. Zank 2003 Comment on "On nonideal MHD properties of the partially ionized interstellar gas" by V.B. Baranov and H.J. Fahr J. Geophys. Res. 108 A12 1438 10.1029/2003JA009950
27. V. Florinski, G.P. Zank, The galactic cosmic ray intensity in the heliosphere in response to variable interstellar environments, in Solar Journey: The Significance of Our Galactic Environment for the Heliosphere and Earth, ed. by P.C. Frisch (Springer, Netherlands, 2006), p. 281
28. V. Florinski G.P. Zank W.I. Axford 2003 The solar system in a dense interstellar cloud: implications for cosmic ray fluxes at Earth and 10Be records Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 2206 10.1029/2003GL017566
29. V. Florinski N.V. Pogorelov G.P. Zank B.E. Wood D.P. Cox 2004 Astrophys. J. Lett. 604 700 2004ApJ...604..700F
30. V. Florinski, G.P. Zank, N.V. Pogorelov, J. Geophys. Res. (Space), 110(A7) (2005a). CiteID A07104
31. P.C. Frisch 1995 Characteristics of nearby interstellar matter Space Sci. Rev. 72 499 1995SSRv...72..499F
32. G.P. Gayley G.P. Zank H.L. Pauls P.C. Frisch D.E. Welty 1997 One-shock or two-shock heliosphere: Lyman-α observations and measurements Astrophys. J. 487 259 1997ApJ...487..259G
33. G. Gloeckler 1996 Space Sci. Rev. 78 335 1996SSRv...78..335G
34. G. Gloeckler J. Geiss 1998 Space Sci. Rev. 86 127 1998SSRv...86..127G
35. G. Gloeckler J. Geiss H. Balsiger L.A. Fisk A.B. Galvin F.M. Ipavich K.W. Ogilvie R. von Steiger B. Wilken 1993 Detection of interstellar pick-up hydrogen in the solar system Science 261 70 1993Sci...261...70G
36. D.A. Gurnett W.S. Kurth 2005 Electron plasma oscillations upstream of the solar wind termination shock Science 309 2025 2027 2005Sci...309.2025G
37. D.A. Gurnett W.S. Kurth 2008 Nature 454 67
38. J. Heerikhuisen, V. Florinski, G.P. Zank, Interaction between the solar wind and interstellar gas: a comparison between Monte-Carlo and fluid approaches, J. Geophys. Res. 111(A6) (2006). CiteID A06110
39. J. Heerikhuisen, in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2006, ed. by N.V. Pogorelov. ASP Conf., vol. 359 (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2006b), p. 251
40. J. Heerikhuisen N.V. Pogorelov G.P. Zank V. Florinski 2007 Astrophys. J. 655 L53 2007ApJ...655L..53H
41. J. Heerikhuisen N.V. Pogorelov V. Florinski G.P. Zank J. le Roux 2008 Astrophys. J. 682 679 2008ApJ...682..679H
42. J. Heerikhuisen, in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2008, ed. by N.V. Pogorelov, E. Audit, G.P. Zank. ASP Conf. Ser. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2008b)
43. P.A. Isenberg 1986 Interaction of the solar wind with interstellar neutral hydrogen: Three-fluid model J. Geophys. Res. 91 9965 1986JGR....91.9965I
44. P.A. Isenberg W.C. Feldman 1995 Electron-impact ionization of interstellar hydrogen and helium at interplanetary shocks Geophys. Res. Lett. 22 873 1995GeoRL..22..873I
45. P.A. Isenberg M.A. Lee 1996 A dispersive analysis of bispherical pickup ion distributions J. Geophys. Res. 101 11 055
46. P.A. Isenberg C.W. Smith W.H. Matthaeus 2003 Turbulent heating of the distant solar wind by interstellar pickup protons Astrophys. J. 592 564 573 2003ApJ...592..564I
47. V.V. Izmodenov J. Geiss R. Lallement G. Gloeckler V.B. Baranov Y.G. Malama 1999 Filtration of interstellar hydrogen in the two-shock heliospheric interface: Inferences on the local interstellar cloud electron density J. Geophys. Res. 104 4731 1999JGR...104.4731I
48. V.V. Izmodenov D. Alexashov A. Myasnikov 2005 Astron. Astrophys. 437 L35 L38 2005A&A...437L..35I
49. J.R. Jokipii J. Giacalone 2004 Astrophys. J. 605 L145 L148 2004ApJ...605L.145J
50. J.R. Jokipii, J. Giacalone, J. Kota, 611, L141-L144 (2004)
51. S.R. Karmesin P.C. Liewer J.U. Brackbill 1995 Geophys. Res. Lett. 22 1153 1995GeoRL..22.1153K
52. I.K. Khabibrakhmanov D. Summers G.P. Zank H.L. Pauls 1996 Solar wind flow with interstellar hydrogen pick-up Astrophys. J. 469 921 1996ApJ...469..921K
53. R.M. Kulsrud, in Basic Plasma Physics, ed. by A.A. Galeev, R.N. Sudan. vol. 1 (North Holland Publ., Amsterdam, 1984), p. 115
54. R. Lallement E. Quemerais J.L. Bertaux S. Ferron D. Koutroumpa R. Pellinen 2005 Science 307 1447 2005Sci...307.1447L
55. P.C. Liewer S.R. Karmesin J.U. Brackbill 1996 Hydrodynamic instability of the heliopause driven by plasma-neutral charge-exchange interactions J. Geophys. Res. 101 17119 1996JGR...10117119L
56. T. Linde T.I. Gombosi P.L. Roe K.G. Powell D.L. DeZeeuw 1998 The heliosphere in the magnetized local interstellar medium: results of a 3D MHD simulation J. Geophys. Res. 103 1889 1998JGR...103.1889L
57. B.J. Lindsay R.F. Stebbings 2005 J. Geophys. Res. 110 A12213 2005JGRA..11012213L
58. J.L. Linsky B.E. Wood 1996 The α Cen line of sight: D/H ratio, physical properties of local interstellar gas, and measurement of heated hydrogen near the heliopause Astrophys. J. 463 254 1996ApJ...463..254L
59. A.S. Lipatov G.P. Zank H.L. Pauls 1998 The interaction of neutral interstellar H with the heliosphere: A2.5D particle-mesh Boltzmann simulation J. Geophys. Res. 103 20,631 1998JGR...10320631L
60. L. Maher B. Tinsley 1977 Atomic hydrogen escape rate due to charge exchange with hot plasmaspheric ions J. Geophys. Res. 82 689 1977JGR....82..689M
61. Yu.G. Malama 1991 Monte-Carlo simulation of neutral atoms trajectories in the solar system Astrophys. Space Sci. 176 21 1991Ap&SS.176...21M
62. W.H. Matthaeus G.P. Zank C.W. Smith S. Oughton 1999 Turbulence, spatial transport, and heating of the solar wind Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 3444 1999PhRvL..82.3444M
63. D.J. McComas H.O. Funsten J.T. Gosling W.R. Pryor 1999 ULYSSES measurements of variations in the solar wind-interstellar hydrogen charge exchange rate Geophys. Res. Lett. 26 17 2701 1999GeoRL..26.2701M
64. D.J. McComas B.L. Barraclough H.O. Funsten J.T. Gosling E. Santiago-Muñoz R.M. Skoug B.E. Goldstein M. Neugebauer P. Riley A. Balogh 2000 Solar wind observations over Ulysses' first full polar orbit J. Geophys. Res. 105 10419 2000JGR...10510419M
65. D.J. McComas, F. Allegrini, L. Bartolone, P. Bochsler, M. Bzowski, M. Collier, H. Fahr, H. Fichtner, P. Frisch, H. Funsten, S. Fuselier, G. Gloeckler, M. Gruntman, V. Izmodenov, P. Knappenberger, M. Lee, S. Livi, D. Mitchell, E. Möbius, T. Moore, S. Pope, D. Reisenfeld, E. Roelof, H. Runge, J. Scherrer, N. Schwadron, R. Tyler, M. Wieser, M. Witte, P. Wurz, G. Zank, The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX): Update at the end of phase B, in The Physics of the Inner Heliosheath, ed. by J. Heerikhuisen, V. Florinski, G.P. Zank, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 858 (2006), pp. 241-250
66. F.B. McDonald E.C. Stone A.C. Cummings B. Heikkila N. Lal W.R. Webber 2003 Nature 426 48 2003Natur.426...48M
67. J.F. McKenzie K.O. Westphal 1968 Phys. Fluids 11 2350 0172.53203 1968PhFl...11.2350M
68. R.A. Mewaldt et al., in Joint SOHO/ACE workshop Solar and Galactic Composition, ed. by R.F. Wimmer-Schweingruber. American Institute of Physics Conference Series, vol. 598 (2001), p. 165
69. E. Möbius D. Hovestadt B. Klecker M. Scholer G. Gloeckler 1985 Nature 318 426 1985Natur.318..426M
70. E. Möbius M. Bzovski S. Chalov H.-J. Fahr G. Gloeckler, et al. 2004 Astron. Astrophys. 426 897 2004A&A...426..897M
71. H.-R. Müller P.C. Frisch G.P. Zank 2006 Astrophys. J. 647 2 1491 2006ApJ...647.1491M
72. M. Opher E.C. Stone P.C. Liewer 2006 Astrophys. J. 640 L71 2006ApJ...640L..71O
73. E.N. Parker 1958 Dynamics of interplanetary gas and magnetic fields Astrophys. J. 123 644
74. E.N. Parker 1961 The stellar-wind regions Astrophys. J. 134 20 1961ApJ...134...20P
75. E.N. Parker, Interplanetary Dynamical Processes (Interscience, New York, 1963)
76. H.L. Pauls G.P. Zank 1996 Interaction of a nonuniform solar wind with the local interstellar medium J. Geophys. Res. 101 17081 1996JGR...10117081P
77. H.L. Pauls G.P. Zank 1997 Interaction of a nonuniform solar wind with the local interstellar medium. 2. A two-fluid model J. Geophys. Res. 102 19,779 1997JGR...10219779P
78. H.L. Pauls, G.P. Zank, Modelling the solar wind/interstellar wind interaction, in Proc. 25th Int. Cosmic Ray Conf., vol. 2 (1997b), p. 241
79. H.L. Pauls G.P. Zank L.L. Williams 1995 Interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium J. Geophys. Res. 100 21,595 1995JGR...10021595P
80. Phillips, et al. 1995 Science 268 1030 1995Sci...268.1030P
81. N.V. Pogorelov T. Matsuda 2000 Nonevolutionary MHD shocks in the solar wind and interstellar medium interaction Astron. Astrophys. 354 697 2000A&A...354..697P
82. N.V. Pogorelov A.Y. Semenov 1997 Solar wind interaction with the magnetized interstellar medium. Shock-capturing modeling Astron. Astrophys. 321 330 1997A&A...321..330P
83. N.V. Pogorelov, G.P. Zank, in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, ed. by N.V. Pogorelov, G.P. Zank. ASP Conf. Ser., vol. 359 (ASP, San Francisco, 2006), p. 184
84. N.V. Pogorelov G.P. Zank T. Ogino 2004 Three-dimensional features of the outer heliosphere due to coupling between the interstellar and interplanetary magnetic fields I. Magnetohydrodynamic model: interstellar perspective Astrophys. J. 614 1007 2004ApJ...614.1007P
85. N.V. Pogorelov G.P. Zank T. Ogino 2006 Astrophys. J. 644 1299 2006ApJ...644.1299P
86. N.V. Pogorelov E.C. Stone V. Florinski G.P. Zank 2007 Astrophys. J. 668 611 2007ApJ...668..611P
87. N.V. Pogorelov J. Heerikhuisen G.P. Zank 2008 Astrophys. J. 675 L41 2008ApJ...675L..41P
88. N.V. Pogorelov, J. Heerikhuisen, G.P. Zank, S.N. Borovikov, Space Sci. Rev. (2008)
89. N.V. Pogorelov, G.P. Zank, S.N. Borovikov, V. Florinski, J. Heerikhuisen, I.A. Kryukov, in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2007, ed. by N.V. Pogorelov, E. Audit, G.P. Zank. ASP Conf. Ser., vol. 385 (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2008b), pp. 180-188
90. N.V. Pogorelov et al., in Particle Acceleration in the Heliosphere and Beyond, ed. by Gang Li, Qiang Hu, and G.P. Zank, AIP Conference Proceedings (2008c)
91. C. Prested et al., J. Geophys. Res. (2007, accepted)
92. C. Prested, N. Schwadron, J. Passuite, B. Randol, B. Stuart, G. Crew, J. Heerikhuisen, N. Pogorelov, G. Zank, M. Opher, F. Allegrini, D.J. McComas, M. Reno, E. Roelof, S. Fuselier, H. Funsten, E. Moebius, L. Saul, Implications of solar wind suprathermal tails for IBEX ENA images of the heliosheath. J. Geophys. Res. 113(A6), (2008)
93. R. Ratkiewicz A. Barnes G.A. Molvik J.R. Spreiter S.S. Stahara M. Vinokur S. Venkateswaran 1998 Effect of varying strength and orientation of local interstellar magnetic field on configuration of exterior heliosphere: 3D MHD simulations Astron. Astrophys. 335 363 1998A&A...335..363R
94. J.D. Richardson, C. Wang, M. Zhang, in 5th International IGPP Conf. AIP Conf. Proc., vol. 85 (2006). p. 110
95. J.D. Richardson, et al. 2008 Nature 454 63 2008Natur.454...63R
96. H.L. Ripken H.J. Fahr 1983 Astron. Astrophys. 122 181 1983A&A...122..181R
97. K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, O. Stawicki, The heliosphere, cosmic rays, climate, in The Outer Heliosphere: The next Frontiers, ed. by K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, H.-J. Fahr, E. Marsch (Pergamon, New York, 2001), p. 493
98. K. Scherer H.J. Fahr 2003 Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 2 1045 2003GeoRL..30.1045S
99. K. Scherer H. Fichtner B. Heber S.E.S. Ferreira M.S. Potgieter 2008 Adv. Space Res. 41 8 1171 2008AdSpR..41.1171S
100. J.D. Slavin P.C. Frisch 2002 The ionization of nearby gas Astrophys. J. 565 364 2002ApJ...565..364S
101. C.W. Smith W.H. Matthaeus G.P. Zank N.F. Ness S. Oughton J.D. Richardson 2000 Heating of the low-latitude solar wind by dissipation of turbulent magnetic fluctuations J. Geophys. Res. Space 106 8253 8272 2001JGR...106.8253S
102. E.C. Stone, et al. 2005 Science 309 2017 2005Sci...309.2017S
103. E.C. Stone, et al. 2008 Nature 454 71 2008Natur.454...71S
104. D. Summers R.M. Thorne 1991 Phys. Fluids B 3 1835 1991PhFlB...3.1835S
105. T. Tanaka H. Washimi 1999 J. Geophys. Res. 104 12605 1999JGR...10412605T
106. C. Wang J.W. Belcher 1998 Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic instabilities of the heliopause J. Geophys. Res. 103 247 1998JGR...103..247W
107. H. Washimi T. Tanaka 1996 3-D magnetic field and current system in the heliosphere Space Sci. Rev. 78 85 1996SSRv...78...85W
108. H. Washimi T. Tanaka 2001 Adv. Space Res. 27 509 2001AdSpR..27..509W
109. H. Washimi, G.P. Zank, T. Tanaka, 5rd International IGPP Conf. AIP Conf. Proc. vol. 858 (2006), p. 58
110. H. Washimi, G.P. Zank, Q. Hu, T. Tanaka, 6th International IGPP Conf. AIP Proc. vol. 932 (2007a), p. 153
111. H. Washimi G.P. Zank Q. Hu T. Tanaka K. Munakata 2007 Astrophys. J. Lett. 670 L139 2007ApJ...670L.139W
112. L.L. Williams G.P. Zank 1994 The effect of magnetic field geometry on the wave signature of the pickup of interstellar neutrals J. Geophys. Res. 99 19,229 1994JGR....9919229W
113. L.L. Williams G.P. Zank W.H. Matthaeus 1995 Dissipation of pick-up induced waves: A solar wind temperature increase in the outer heliosphere? J. Geophys. Res. 100 17,059 1995JGR...10017059W
114. L.L. Williams D.T. Hall H.L. Pauls G.P. Zank 1997 The heliospheric Hydrogen distribution: A multi-fluid model Astrophys. J. 476 366 1997ApJ...476..366W
115. M. Witte 2004 Kinetic parameters of interstellar neutral helium. Review of results obtained during one solar cycle with the Ulysses/GAS-instrument Astron. Astrophys. 426 835 2004A&A...426..835W
116. B.E. Wood J.L. Linsky H.-R. Müller G.P. Zank 2001 Observational estimates for the mass-loss rates of alpha Centauri and Proxima Centauri using HST Ly-alpha spectra Astrophys. J. Lett. 547 L49 L52 2001ApJ...547L..49W
117. G.P. Zank 1999 Interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium: A theoretical perspective Space Sci. Rev. 89 413 1999SSRv...89..413Z
118. G.P. Zank, The dynamical heliosphere, in Solar Wind Nine, ed. by S.R. Habbal, R. Esser, J.V. Hollweg, P.A. Isenberg, AIP Conf. Proc., vol. 471 (1999d), pp. 783-786
119. G.P. Zank P.C. Frisch 1999 Consequences of a change in the galactic environment of the Sun Astrophys. J. 518 965 1999ApJ...518..965Z
120. G.P. Zank H.-R. Müller 2003 The dynamical heliosphere J. Geophys. Res. 108 A6 1240 10.1029/2002JA009689
121. G.P. Zank W.H. Matthaeus C.W. Smith 1996 Evolution of turbulent magnetic fluctuation power with heliospheric distance J. Geophys. Res. 101 17,081
122. G.P. Zank H.L. Pauls I.H. Cairns G.M. Webb 1996 Interstellar pick-up ions and perpendicular shocks: implications for the termination shock and interplanetary shocks J. Geophys. Res. 101 457 1996JGR...101..457Z
123. G.P. Zank H.L. Pauls L.L. Williams D.T. Hall 1996 Interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium: A multifluid approach J. Geophys. Res. 101 21 639
124. G.P. Zank W.H. Matthaeus J.W. Bieber H. Moraal 1998 The radial and latitudinal dependence of the cosmic ray diffusion tensor in the heliosphere J. Geophys. Res. 103 2085 1998JGR...103.2085Z
125. G.P. Zank, H.-R. Mueller, V. Florinski, P.C. Frisch, Heliospheric variation in response to changing interstellar environments, in Solar Journey: Significance of our Galactic Environment for the Heliosphere and Earth, ed. by G.P. Zank (Springer, Berlin, 2006), p. 23
126. G.P. Zank et al., Space Sci. Rev. (2008, in preparation)