What is the heliopause? Importance of magnetic reconnection and measurement requirements

We highlight the importance of magnetic reconnection at the heliopause, both as one of the key processes driving the interaction between solar and interstellar media, but also as an element of the definition of the heliopause itself. We highlight the main observations that have fed the current debat...

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Main Authors: B. Lavraud, M. Opher, K. Dialynas, D. L. Turner, S. Eriksson, E. Provornikova, M. Z. Kornbleuth, P. Mostafavi, A. Fedorov, J. D. Richardson, S. A. Fuselier, J. Drake, M. Swisdak, M. Eubanks, T. Y. Chen, H. Kucharek, P. Kollmann, M. Blanc, N. André, V. Génot, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, S. Barabash, P. Brandt, R. McNutt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1060618/full