Is the Sun Embedded in a Typical Interstellar Cloud?
Astrophysics
2009-06-23 v3
Abstract
The physical properties and kinematics of the partially ionized interstellar material near the Sun are typical of warm diffuse clouds in the solar vicinity. The interstellar magnetic field at the heliosphere and the kinematics of nearby clouds are naturally explained in terms of the S1 superbubble shell. The interstellar radiation field at the Sun appears to be harder than the field ionizing ambient diffuse gas, which may be a consequence of the low opacity of the tiny cloud surrounding the heliosphere. The spatial context of the Local Bubble is consistent with our location in the Orion spur.
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@article{arxiv.0804.3798,
title = {Is the Sun Embedded in a Typical Interstellar Cloud?},
author = {P. C. Frisch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.3798},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
"From the Outer Heliosphere to the Local Bubble", held at International Space Sciences Institute, October 2007