旅行者1号正在探索终结冲击区域和超越该区域的太阳层
E C Stone1, A C Cummings, F B McDonald
1California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. ecs@srl.caltech.edu
概括
旅行者1号进入日层,揭示了终结冲击是低能质子的来源. 异常的宇宙射线气在冲击时没有达到峰值,这挑战了之前的预测.
科学领域:
- 太空物理空间物理学
- 太空物理学 太空物理学
- 星球科学 星球科学
背景情况:
- 旅行者1号在2004年12月穿越了太阳的终结冲击.
- 这标志着探索日层的开始,日球的外层.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析终结冲击的特性.
- 为了调查异常宇宙射线 (ACR) 的来源.
主要方法:
- 旅行者1号航天器在现场进行的测量.
- 分析质子,电子,ACR和银河系宇宙射线的能量光谱.
主要成果:
- 终结冲击是具有特定能量谱的低能质子 (0.53.5 MeV) 的稳定来源.
- 异常宇宙射线的强度在冲击时没有达到峰值.
- 自2004年以来,由于太阳调制的减少,~10 MeV电子,ACR和银河系宇宙射线的强度有所增加.
结论:
- 终结冲击是一种弱冲击 (速度跳跃比率r=2.6).
- ACR源不在旅行者1号附近的冲击区域.
- 旅行者1号的数据为日球外界和宇宙射线传播提供了新的见解.
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