No meridional plasma flow in the heliosheath transition region

Robert B. Decker (), Stamatios M. Krimigis, Edmond C. Roelof and Matthew E. Hill
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Robert B. Decker: Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University
Stamatios M. Krimigis: Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University
Edmond C. Roelof: Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University
Matthew E. Hill: Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7414, 124-127

Abstract: The radially outward flow of plasma from the Sun is expected to be deflected when it meets the flow of interstellar plasma through which the Solar System moves, but the spacecraft Voyager 1 unexpectedly finds that the deflected, meridional, flow is consistent with zero within the transition region.

Date: 2012
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