PICKUP PROTONS IN THE HELIOSPHERE

Authors
WHANG YC BURLAGA LF NESS NF
Citation
Yc. Whang et al., PICKUP PROTONS IN THE HELIOSPHERE, Space science reviews, 78(1-2), 1996, pp. 393-398
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Space science reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
00386308
Volume
78
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
393 - 398
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-6308(1996)78:1-2<393:PPITH>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We calculate the conditions of pickup protons inside the termination s hock. Outside 50 AU the partial pressure of pickup protons is greater than the magnetic pressure by a factor of > 10, and greater than the p artial pressure of solar wind protons by a factor of > 100. Thus, pick up protons have a significant dynamical influence on the structures of the solar wind in the outer heliosphere.