Solar-cycle variations of interaction regions: in-ecliptic observations from 1 to 5 AU

We study a combined set of 97 interaction regions detected by Pioneers 10 and 11, Voyagers 1 and 2, and Ulysses from 1 to 5 AU during their respective journeys to Jupiter at different phases of the solar cycle. The fast streams associated with the IRs detected by Voyager were slower than the fast st...

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Autor: González-Esparza, J. Américo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/664
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/664
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física del medio interplanetario
ondas de choque interplanetarias
regiones de interacción corrotantes
variaciones con el ciclo solar
Interplanetary physics
interplanetary shocks
corotating streams
solar cycle variations
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Sumario:We study a combined set of 97 interaction regions detected by Pioneers 10 and 11, Voyagers 1 and 2, and Ulysses from 1 to 5 AU during their respective journeys to Jupiter at different phases of the solar cycle. The fast streams associated with the IRs detected by Voyager were slower than the fast streams detected by Pioneer and Ulysses. The comparison between the latitudinal tilts of the IRs detected by Voyager and Ulysses and the tilts of the current sheets show a qualitative agreement with the predictions of heliocentric evolution by numerical simulations of tilted interaction regions. The interaction regions detected by the Pioneers tend to be thinner than the interaction regions detected by Voyagers and Ulysses in the same heliocentric range.