Open AccessSelf‐consistent model of the solar wind interaction with two‐component circumsolar interstellar cloud: Mutual influence of thermal plasma and galactic cosmic rays
Author(s) -
Myasnikov Artyom V.,
Izmodenov Vladislav V.,
Alexashov Dmitrii B.,
Chalov Sergei V.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/1999ja000119
Subject(s) - heliosphere , physics , cosmic ray , solar wind , bow shock (aerodynamics) , interstellar medium , plasma , astrophysics , astronomy , magnetopause , shock (circulatory) , forbush decrease , shock wave , molecular cloud , coronal mass ejection , galaxy , mechanics , quantum mechanics , medicine , stars
The interaction of the solar wind with the two‐component interstellar medium consisting of thermal plasma and galactic cosmic rays is studied numerically using a soft fitting technique based on the high‐resolution Godunov scheme and the physical process splitting method. Mutual influence of plasma and cosmic ray components on the solar wind termination is considered. It is shown that cosmic rays can considerably modify the shape and structure of the solar wind termination shock and the bow shock, and change the positions of the heliopause and bow shock if no H atoms are taken into account.