Features in the Behavior of the Solar Wind behind the Bow Shock Front near the Boundary of the Earth’s Magnetosphere
- Autores: Grib S.A.1, Leora S.N.2
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Afiliações:
- Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- St. Petersburg State University
- Edição: Volume 57, Nº 8 (2017)
- Páginas: 1073-1076
- Seção: Article
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0016-7932/article/view/156589
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793217080102
- ID: 156589
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Resumo
Macroscopic discontinuous structures observed in the solar wind are considered in the framework of magnetic hydrodynamics. The interaction of strong discontinuities is studied based on the solution of the generalized Riemann–Kochin problem. The appearance of discontinuities inside the magnetosheath after the collision of the solar wind shock wave with the bow shock front is taken into account. The propagation of secondary waves appearing in the magnetosheath is considered in the approximation of one-dimensional ideal magnetohydrodynamics. The appearance of a compression wave reflected from the magnetopause is indicated. The wave can nonlinearly break with the formation of a backward shock wave and cause the motion of the bow shock towards the Sun. The interaction between shock waves is considered with the well-known trial calculation method. It is assumed that the velocity of discontinuities in the magnetosheath in the first approximation is constant on the average. All reasonings and calculations correspond to consideration of a flow region with a velocity less than the magnetosonic speed near the Earth–Sun line. It is indicated that the results agree with the data from observations carried out on the WIND and Cluster spacecrafts.
Sobre autores
S. Grib
Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: sagrib@gmail.com
Rússia, St. Petersburg, 196140
S. Leora
St. Petersburg State University
Email: sagrib@gmail.com
Rússia, St. Petersburg, 199034
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