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Neutral H Density at the Termination Shock: A Consolidation of Recent Results

Möbius, E.; Bzowski, M.; Gloeckler, G. +2 more

We discuss a consolidation of determinations of the density of neutral interstellar H at the nose of the termination shock carried out with the use of various data sets, techniques, and modeling approaches. In particular, we focus on the determination of this density based on observations of H pickup ions on Ulysses during its aphelion passage thr…

Interstellar Dust Inside and Outside the Heliosphere

Krüger, Harald; Grün, Eberhard

In the early 1990s, after its Jupiter flyby, the Ulysses spacecraft identified interstellar dust in the solar system. Since then the in-situ dust detector on board Ulysses continuously monitored interstellar grains with masses up to 10^-13 kg, penetrating deep into the solar system. While Ulysses measured the interstellar dust stream at …

Kinetic-Hydrodynamic Models of the Solar Wind Interaction with the Partially Ionized Supersonic Flow of the Local Interstellar Gas: Predictions and Interpretations of the Experimental Data

Baranov, Vladimir B.

At present there is no doubt that the local interstellar medium (LISM) is mainly partially ionized hydrogen gas moving with a supersonic flow relative to the solar system. The bulk velocity of this flow is approximately equal ∼26 km/s. Although the interaction of the solar wind with the charged component (below plasma component) of the LISM can be…