Moment Equation Description of Interstellar Hydrogen

Whang, Y. C.

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Y. C. Whang⁴

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The flow of interstellar hydrogen in the heliosphere can be studied using the moment equation approach. The Boltzmann equation is integrated over the velocity space to obtain the moment equations, the moment equations are then solved directly for the flow conditions. We present a closed system of moment equations. This approach can include anisotropic pressure when the distribution function is distorted into skewed ellipsoid.

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Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., USA
Y. C. Whang

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International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland
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Service d’Aéronomie du CNRS, Verrières le Buisson, France
R. Lallement
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
M. A. Lee

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Whang, Y.C. (1996). Moment Equation Description of Interstellar Hydrogen. In: Von Steiger, R., Lallement, R., Lee, M.A. (eds) The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium. Space Science Series of ISSI, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1782-8_39

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