Heliospheric variation in response to changing interstellar environments

Solar Journey: The Significance of Our Galactic Environment for the Heliosphere and Earth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 23-51

  Zank, Gary P ^a   Müller, Hans R ^b   Florinski, Vladimir ^a   Frisch, Priscilla C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

heliosphere; Interstellar medium; partially ionized plasma; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890005106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4557-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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