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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 640, 期 1, 页码 L71-L74出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/503251
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interplanetary medium; ISM : kinematics and dynamics; solar wind; Sun : magnetic fields
We show that an interstellar magnetic field can produce a north-south asymmetry in the solar wind termination shock. Using Voyager 1 and 2 measurements, we suggest that the angle alpha between the interstellar wind velocity and the magnetic field is 30 degrees < alpha < 60 degrees. The distortion of the shock is such that termination shock particles could have streamed outward along the spiral interplanetary magnetic field connecting Voyager 1 to the shock when the spacecraft was within similar to 2 AU of the shock. The shock distortion is larger in the southern hemisphere, and Voyager 2 could be connected to the shock when it is within similar to 5 AU of the shock, but with particles from the shock streaming inward along the field. Tighter constraints on the interstellar magnetic field should be possible when Voyager 2 crosses the shock in the next several years.
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