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ヘリオシート移行領域のメリディナルプラズマフローは存在しない
Robert B Decker1, Stamatios M Krimigis, Edmond C Roelof
1Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA. robert.decker@jhuapl.edu
Nature
|September 8, 2012
まとめ
ヴォイジャー1号は,ヘリオシェイターでほぼゼロの放射性プラズマ流を検出し,シミュレーションと矛盾しています. メリディナルフローの測定は,ゼロに一致する速度も示し,太陽風の影響を超えて予期せぬプラズマ行動を示唆しました.
科学分野:
- 宇宙物理学 宇宙物理学
- ヘリオフィジックス ヘリオフィジックス
- プラズマ物理学 プラズマ物理学
背景:
- ボイジャー1号は,太陽風の終結ショックを超えた熱したプラズマの領域であるヘリオシートに入りました.
- シミュレーションでは,ヘリオシェアプラズマがヘリオパウズに沿ってメリディアン方向に流れ,太陽と恒星間プラズマを分離すると予測した.
研究 の 目的:
- ボイジャー1号のデータを用いて,ヘリオシートにおけるプラズマフローのダイナミクスを調査する.
- ヘリオパウズにおけるプラズマ傾斜の理論的予測を検証する.
主な方法:
- ヴォイジャー1号から2年間に渡るプラズマ流速データを分析した.
- 宇宙船の方向転換を活用して,低エネルギー有電粒子計器がメリディアン流を測定できるようにする.
主要な成果:
- 2010年4月までに放射性プラズマの流れがゼロに近い速度まで徐々に減速することを観察した.
- 測定されたメリディアン流速は+3 ± 11 km/sで,統計的にゼロと一致しています.
結論:
- ヴォイジャー1号のデータは,ヘリオシートプラズマフローの既存のモデルに異議を唱えている.
- 観測されたゼロに近いメリディアン流は,ヘリオパウズでの相互作用が,以前に予想されていたものとは異なることを示唆している.
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