Large gradual solar energetic particle events

M Desai, J Giacalone - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2016‏ - Springer
Solar energetic particles, or SEPs, from suprathermal (few keV) up to relativistic (∼∼ few
GeV) energies are accelerated near the Sun in at least two ways:(1) by magnetic …

IBEX—interstellar boundary explorer

DJ McComas, F Allegrini, P Bochsler, M Bzowski… - Space science …, 2009‏ - Springer
Abstract The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small explorer mission that launched
on 19 October 2008 with the sole, focused science objective to discover the global …

Cool heliosheath plasma and deceleration of the upstream solar wind at the termination shock

JD Richardson, JC Kasper, C Wang, JW Belcher… - Nature, 2008‏ - nature.com
The solar wind blows outward from the Sun and forms a bubble of solar material in the
interstellar medium. The termination shock occurs where the solar wind changes from being …

Diffusive shock acceleration and reconnection acceleration processes

GP Zank, P Hunana, P Mostafavi… - The Astrophysical …, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Shock waves, as shown by simulations and observations, can generate high levels of
downstream vortical turbulence, including magnetic islands. We consider a combination of …

[ספר][B] Physics of collisionless shocks: space plasma shock waves

A Balogh, RA Treumann - 2013‏ - books.google.com
The present book provides a contemporary systematic treatment of shock waves in high-
temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and in …

An asymmetric solar wind termination shock

EC Stone, AC Cummings, FB McDonald, BC Heikkila… - Nature, 2008‏ - nature.com
Voyager 2 crossed the solar wind termination shock at 83.7 au in the southern
hemisphere,∼ 10 au closer to the Sun than found by Voyager 1 in the north,,,. This …

A magnetic reconnection mechanism for the generation of anomalous cosmic rays

JF Drake, M Opher, M Swisdak… - The Astrophysical …, 2010‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The recent observations of the anomalous cosmic ray (ACR) energy spectrum as Voyager 1
and Voyager 2 crossed the heliospheric termination shock have called into question the …

Search for the exit: Voyager 1 at heliosphere's border with the galaxy

SM Krimigis, RB Decker, EC Roelof, ME Hill… - Science, 2013‏ - science.org
We report measurements of energetic (> 40 kiloelectron volts) charged particles on Voyager
1 from the interface region between the heliosheath, dominated by heated solar plasma, and …

Observations of the outer heliosphere, heliosheath, and interstellar medium

JD Richardson, LF Burlaga, H Elliott, WS Kurth… - Space science …, 2022‏ - Springer
The Voyager spacecraft have left the heliosphere and entered the interstellar medium,
making the first observations of the termination shock, heliosheath, and heliopause. New …

The structure of the large-scale heliosphere as seen by current models

J Kleimann, K Dialynas, F Fraternale, A Galli… - Space science …, 2022‏ - Springer
This review summarizes the current state of research aiming at a description of the global
heliosphere using both analytical and numerical modeling efforts, particularly in view of the …