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A Ulysses Detection of Secondary Helium Neutrals

Wood, B. E., Müller, H.-R., & Witte, M. (2017). A Ulysses Detection of Secondary Helium Neutrals. The Astrophysical Journal, 851(1): 35. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa9889.

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Wood, Brian E., Author
Müller, Hans-Reinhard, Author
Witte, Manfred1, Author
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1MPI for Aeronomy, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society, ou_1832291

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Abstract: The Interstellar Boundary EXplorer (IBEX) mission has recently studied the flow of interstellar neutral He atoms through the solar system and discovered the existence of a secondary He flow that likely originates in the outer heliosheath. We find evidence for this secondary component in Ulysses data. By coadding hundreds of Ulysses He beam maps together to maximize signal-to-noise ratio, we identify a weak signal that is credibly associated with the secondary component. Assuming a laminar flow from infinity, we infer the following He flow parameters: $V=12.8\pm 1.9$ km s−1, $\lambda =74\buildrel{\circ}\over{.} 4\pm 1\buildrel{\circ}\over{.} 8$, $\beta =-10\buildrel{\circ}\over{.} 5\pm 4\buildrel{\circ}\over{.} 1$, and $T=3000\pm 1100$ K; where λ and β are the ecliptic longitude and latitude direction in J2000 coordinates. The secondary component has a density that is 4.9 ± 0.9% that of the primary component. These measurements are reasonably consistent with measurements from IBEX, with the exception of temperature, where our temperature is much lower than IBEX's T = 9500 K. Even the higher IBEX temperature is suspiciously low compared to expectactions for the outer heliosheath source region. The implausibly low temperatures are due to the incorrect assumption of a laminar flow instead of a diverging one, given that the flow in the outer heliosheath source region will be deflecting around the heliopause. As for why the IBEX and Ulysses T values are different, difficulties with background subtraction in the Ulysses data are a potential source of concern, but the discrepancy may also be another effect of the improper laminar flow assumption, which could affect the IBEX and Ulysses analyses differently.

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Language(s): eng - English
Dates: 2018-05-072017
Publication Status: Published online
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Title: The Astrophysical Journal
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Publ. Info: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 851 (1) Sequence Number: 35 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0004-637X
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954922828215_3