The structure of the hydrodynamic plasma flow near the heliopause stagnation point

作者:Belov N A*; Ruderman M S
来源:Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010, 401(1): 607-612.
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15683.x

摘要

The plasma flow in the vicinity of the heliopause stagnation point in the presence of the H atom flow is studied. The plasma at both sides of the heliopause is considered to be a single fluid. The back reaction of the plasma flow on the H atom flow is neglected, and the density, temperature and velocity of the H atom flow are taken to be constant. The solution describing the plasma flow is obtained in the form of power series expansions with respect to the radial distance from the symmetry axis. The main conclusion made on the basis of the obtained solution is that the heliopause is not the surface of discontinuity anymore. Rather, it is the surface separating the flows of the solar wind and interstellar medium with all plasma parameters continuous at this surface.

  • 出版日期2010-1-1