A strong, highly-tilted interstellar magnetic field near the Solar System

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7276, 2009, Pages 1036-1038

  Opher, M ^a   Bibi, F Alouani ^a   Toth, G ^b   Richardson, J D ^c   Izmodenov, V V ^d   Gombosi, T I ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GAS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; WIND;

EID: 72949117434     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08567     Document Type: Article

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