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Article Dans Une Revue Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Année : 2000

MHD effects of the solar wind flow around planets

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The study of the interaction of the solar wind with magnetized and unmagnetized planets forms a central topic of space research. Focussing on planetary magnetosheaths, we review some major developments in this field. Magnetosheath structures depend crucially on the orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field, the solar wind Alfvén Mach number, the shape of the obstacle (axisymmetric/non-axisymmetric, etc.), the boundary conditions at the magnetopause (low/high magnetic shear), and the degree of thermal anisotropy of the plasma. We illustrate the cases of Earth, Jupiter and Venus. The terrestrial magnetosphere is axisymmetric and has been probed in-situ by many spacecraft. Jupiter's magnetosphere is highly non-axisymmetric. Furthermore, we study magnetohydrodynamic effects in the Venus magnetosheath.
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hal-00301996 , version 1 (18-06-2008)

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H. K. Biernat, N. V. Erkaev, C. J. Farrugia, D. F. Vogl, W. Schaffenberger. MHD effects of the solar wind flow around planets. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2000, 7 (3/4), pp.201-210. ⟨hal-00301996⟩

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