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We discuss the results of numerical modeling of the solar wind with the inhomogeneous interstellar medium. The density of the plasma component in the interstellar cloud is supposed to be space periodic. The interaction pattern is shown to be highly unsteady with hydrodynamic instabilities developing on the side portion of the heliopause.
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Pogorelov, N.V. Nonstationary Phenomena in the Solar Wind and InterstellarMedium Interaction. Astrophysics and Space Science 274, 115–122 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026539704842
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