Transition regions in solar system and astrophysical plasmas

Author

Eastman, Timothy E.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Phys. Sci. & Technol., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

25

Abstract

A brief review is presented of basic particle and field characteristics of plasmas observed within the solar system, especially near transition regions, and their parameter ranges are compared with those inferred for stellar winds and the interstellar medium. Parameter ranges for solar system and astrophysical plasmas are found to have considerable overlap. In addition, astrophysics provides unique, global perspectives of large-scale systems, whereas solar-system space physics provides for direct quantitative testing of physical processes. Astrophysics and solar-system space physics studies thus have complementary and synergistic roles

Keywords

astrophysical plasma; plasma; solar wind; astrophysical plasmas; field characteristics; global perspectives; interstellar medium; large-scale systems; particle characteristics; solar system; space physics; stellar winds; Astrophysics; Extraterrestrial measurements; Large-scale systems; Physics; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Solar system; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.45498

Filename

45498