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Published on: August 1, 2017
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電子プラズマの振動は,太陽風の衝撃終結の上流で発生します
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. donald-gurnett@uiowa.edu
まとめ
ボイジャー1号は,太陽風の終結ショックから上流に電子プラズマの振動を検出した. これらの波は,宇宙船が終止ショックを過ぎてヘリオシートに突入した後,停止した.
科学分野:
- 宇宙物理学 宇宙物理学
- プラズマ物理学 プラズマ物理学
- ヘリオフィジックス ヘリオフィジックス
背景:
- 太陽風の終止ショックは,超音速太陽風が低音速に減速する境界をマークします.
- この境界付近のプラズマの振る舞いを理解することは,ヘリオスフィアの構造を特徴づける上で極めて重要です.
- ヴォイジャー1号のプラズマ波器具は,プラズマ現象のインサイト測定を提供している.
研究 の 目的:
- 太陽風の終結ショックから上流の電子プラズマ振動の検出を報告する.
- これらの振動の時間的・空間的特徴を分析する.
- これらの観測を用いて,終結ショックに対する宇宙船の位置を推測する.
主な方法:
- ヴォイジャー1号のプラズマ波器から得られたデータを活用した.
- 観測された波データにおける電子プラズマ振動の特徴的なサインを特定する.
- これらの振動の発生を宇宙船の太陽中心の放射距離と相関させる.
主要な成果:
- 電子プラズマの振動は2004年2月11日から2004年12月15日の間に観測されました.
- 観測は91.0から94.1天文学単位までの太陽中心放射距離で行われました.
- これらの振動の発生率は,時間とともに徐々に増加した.
- 2004年12月15日以降の電子プラズマ振動は検出されませんでした.
結論:
- 観測された電子プラズマの振動は,終結ショックの前流のプラズマ波の活性を示すものである.
- これらの振動の停止は,ボイジャー1号が,終止ショックを通ってヘリオシートに突入したことを強く示唆しています.
- これらの発見は,日球界の位置と性質の証拠を提供します.
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