Dependence of the Characteristics of Solar Wind Discontinuities and Shocks with Heliolatitude and Radial Distance
| Autor: | S. R. Prabhakaran Nayar, A. Dickson Benjamin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Physics
Solar minimum Shocks and discontinuities Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics Classification of discontinuities Atmospheric sciences Solar maximum Computational physics Solar wind Space and Planetary Science Physics::Space Physics Coronal mass ejection Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Interplanetary magnetic field Heliosphere |
| Zdroj: | Solar Physics. 252:195-207 |
| ISSN: | 1573-093X 0038-0938 |
| Popis: | The distribution of the shocks in the heliosphere and their characteristic variations are investigated using Ulysses observations. The jumps in solar wind velocity, IMF magnitude, and proton density across the shocks and discontinuities are evaluated and used to characterize them. The distribution of these discontinuities with respect to heliolatitude ± 80° and with radial distance 1 to 5 AU are analyzed during solar minimum and solar maximum to understand their global behavior. It is noticed that the jumps in solar wind parameters associated with shocks and discontinuities are more prominent during the second orbit of Ulysses, which coincided with the maximum phase of solar activity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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