VOYAGER 1 NEAR THE HELIOPAUSE

• Published in: Astrophysical journal. Letters Vol. 783; no. 1; pp. L16 - 6
• Main Authors: Borovikov, S. N., Pogorelov, N. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Institute of Physics (IOP) 01.03.2014
• Subjects: ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Heliopause; Instability; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; ISM: magnetic fields; Local interstellar medium; Nose; Penetration; Sampling; Solar cycles; solar wind; Stability; Sun: heliosphere; Voyager 1 spacecraft

Recent observations from the Voyager 1 spacecraft show that it is sampling the local interstellar medium (LISM). This is quite surprising because no realistic, steady-state model of the solar wind (SW) interaction with the LISM gives an inner heliosheath width as narrow as ~30 AU. This includes mode...