2008A&A...491....7B

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2008A&A...491....7B - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 491, 7-19 (2008/11-3)

Density of neutral interstellar hydrogen at the termination shock from Ulysses pickup ion observations.

BZOWSKI M., MOEBIUS E., TARNOPOLSKI S., IZMODENOV V. and GLOECKLER G.

Abstract (from CDS):

By reevaluating a 13-month stretch of Ulysses SWICS H pickup ion measurements near 5AU close to the ecliptic right after the previous solar minimum, this paper presents a determination of the neutral interstellar H density at the solar wind termination shock and implications for the density and ionization degree of hydrogen in the local interstellar cloud. The density of neutral interstellar hydrogen at the termination shock was determined from the local pickup ion production rate as obtained close to the cut-off in the distribution function at aphelion of Ulysses. As shown in an analytical treatment for the upwind axis and through kinetic modeling of the pickup ion production rate at the observer location, with variations in the ionization rate, radiation pressure, and the modeling of the particle behavior, this analysis turns out to be very robust against uncertainties in these parameters and the modeling. Analysis using current heliospheric parameters yields the H density at the termination shock equal to 0.087±0.022cm^–3, including observational and modeling uncertainties.

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Journal keyword(s): interplanetary medium - Sun: solar wind - ISM: clouds - ISM: atoms - Sun: UV radiation

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N	Identifier	Otype	ICRS (J2000) RA	ICRS (J2000) DEC	Mag U	Mag B	Mag V	Mag R	Mag I	Sp type	#ref 1850 - 2023	#notes
1	NAME LIC	Cld	04 41	+31.						~	283	0

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NAME LIC -- Cloud
Origin of the objects types : (Ref) Object type as listed in the reference "Ref" (acronym) Object type linked to the acronym according to the original reference () Anterior to 2007, before we can link the objet type to a reference, or given by the CDS team in some particular cases Other object types:	`Cld ([GLV95])`
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) :	`04 41 12.0 +31 11 07 [ ] E 2008ApJ...673..283R`
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) :	`04 38 00.3 +31 05 22 [ ]`
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference Gal coord. (ep=J2000) :	`170.0000 -10.0000 [ ]`

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NAME LIC NAME Local Cloud NAME Local Interstellar Cloud [GLV95] 1

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