Journal article
Electron plasma oscillations upstream of the solar wind termination shock
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.309(5743), pp.2025-2027
09/23/2005
DOI: 10.1126/science.1117425
PMID: 16179470
Abstract
Electron plasma oscillations have been detected upstream of the solar wind termination shock by the plasma wave instrument on the Voyager 1 spacecraft. These waves were first observed on 11 February 2004, at a heliocentric radial distance of 91.0 astronomical units, and continued sporadically with a gradually increasing occurrence rate for nearly a year. The last event occurred on 15 December 2004, at 94.1 astronomical units, just before the spacecraft crossed the termination shock. Since then, no further electron plasma oscillations have been observed, consistent with the spacecraft having crossed the termination shock into the heliosheath.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Electron plasma oscillations upstream of the solar wind termination shock
- Creators
- D A Gurnett - University of IowaW S Kurth - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.309(5743), pp.2025-2027
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.1117425
- PMID
- 16179470
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- eISSN
- 1095-9203
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/23/2005
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984455659802771
Metrics
4 Record Views