Voyager observations of the interaction of the heliosphere with the interstellar medium
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Richardson, John D.
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October 2012
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Journal of Advanced Research
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Elsevier
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Richardson, John D. “Voyager Observations of the Interaction of the Heliosphere with the Interstellar Medium.” Journal of Advanced Research 4, no. 3 (May 2013): 229–233.
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This paper provides a brief review and update on the Voyager observations of the interaction of the heliosphere with the interstellar medium. Voyager has found many surprises: (1) a new energetic particle component which is accelerated at the termination shock (TS) and leaks into the outer heliosphere forming a foreshock region; (2) a termination shock which is modulated by energetic particles and which transfers most of the solar wind flow energy to the pickup ions (not the thermal ions); (3) the heliosphere is asymmetric; (4) the TS does not accelerate anomalous cosmic rays at the Voyager locations; and (5) the plasma flow in the Voyagers 1 (V1) and 2 (V2) directions are very different. At V1 the flow was small after the TS and has recently slowed to near zero, whereas at V2 the speed has remained constant while the flow direction has turned tailward. V1 may have entered an extended boundary region in front of the heliopause (HP) in 2010 in which the plasma flow speeds are near zero.
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MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2012.09.002
