Nowcasting and forecasting of the magnetopause and bow shock—A status update
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DOI: 10.1002/2016sw001565
Abstract: There has long been interest in knowing the shape and location of the Earth's magnetopause and of the standing fast-mode bow shock upstream of the Earth's magnetosphere. This quest for knowledge spans both the research… read more here.
Keywords: nowcasting forecasting; bow shock; forecasting magnetopause; status ... See more keywords
Hot flow anomaly observed at Jupiter's bow shock
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DOI: 10.1002/2017gl073175
Abstract: A Hot Flow Anomaly (HFA) is created when an interplanetary current sheet interacts with a planetary bow shock. Previous studies have reported observing HFAs at Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. During Juno's approach to… read more here.
Keywords: jupiter; hot flow; flow anomaly; hfa ... See more keywords
MMS Observations of Intense Whistler Waves Within Earth's Supercritical Bow Shock: Source Mechanism and Impact on Shock Structure and Plasma Transport
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DOI: 10.1029/2019ja027290
Abstract: The properties of whistler waves near lower‐hybrid frequencies within Earth's quasiperpendicular bow shock are examined using data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. These waves appear as right‐hand polarized wave packets propagating upstream obliquely to… read more here.
Keywords: bow shock; whistler waves; within earth; shock ... See more keywords
Transient Foreshock Structures Upstream of Mars: Implications of the Small Martian Bow Shock
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DOI: 10.1029/2022gl101734
Abstract: The typical subsolar stand‐off distance of Mars' bow shock is of the order of a solar wind ion convective gyroradius, making it highly non‐planar to incident ions. Using spacecraft observations and a test particle model,… read more here.
Keywords: shock; bow shock; foreshock structures; transient foreshock ... See more keywords
Statistical Analysis of Multiple Bow Shock Crossings at Mars
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DOI: 10.1029/2025gl118868
Abstract: We conduct a statistical analysis of multiple bow shock (BS) crossings at Mars. Data from the magnetometer (MAG) and Solar Wind Ion Analyzer (SWIA) onboard the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft from its… read more here.
Keywords: multiple bow; analysis multiple; statistical analysis; bow shock ... See more keywords
Bow shock oscillations of Mars under weakly disturbed solar wind conditions
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65011-8
Abstract: Bow shock, where the solar wind first encounters the Martian environment, reflects the complex interplay between the solar wind and Martian upper atmosphere and crustal fields. However, a comprehensive understanding of Martian bow shock dynamics… read more here.
Keywords: wind; solar wind; shock oscillations; bow shock ... See more keywords
A deep X-ray spectral imaging of the bow-shock pulsar wind nebula associated with PSR B1929+10
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037873
Abstract: In this work, we study the X-ray bow-shock nebula powered by the mature pulsar PSR B1929+10 using data from XMM-Newton, with an effective exposure of $\sim$ 300 ks, offering the deepest investigation of this system… read more here.
Keywords: nebula; bow shock; psr b1929; pulsar ... See more keywords
Hybrid simulations of the decay of reconnected structures downstream of the bow shock
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0129084
Abstract: Observations by Magnetospheric Multiscale have demonstrated that magnetic reconnection occurs at Earth's bow shock, typically at thin current sheets arising from plasma instabilities and turbulence in the shock transition region. Observational surveys of both the… read more here.
Keywords: bow shock; reconnection; current sheets; hybrid simulations ... See more keywords
Spectroscopy of V341 Arae: A Nearby Nova-like Variable Inside a Bow Shock Nebula
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DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/aace3e
Abstract: V341 Arae is a 10th-magnitude variable star in the southern hemisphere, discovered over a century ago by Henrietta Leavitt but relatively little studied since then. Although historically considered to be a Cepheid, it is actually… read more here.
Keywords: v341; v341 ara; spectroscopy; nebula ... See more keywords
The arc-shaped radio source at the center of NGC 6334A: Is it a colliding wind region of two young massive stars or the bow shock of a runaway star?
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf344
Abstract: New multi-wavelength Karl G. Jansky VLA observations of CKR02A, the compact radio source in the center of the compact HII region NGC 6334A, are presented. The observations were carried out in five epochs and included… read more here.
Keywords: ngc 6334a; massive stars; radio; source ... See more keywords
Numerical simulations of mass loading in the tails of bow-shock pulsar-wind nebulae
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty2525
Abstract: When a pulsar is moving through a partially ionized medium, a fraction of neutral Hydrogen atoms penetrate inside the pulsar wind and can be photo-ionized by the nebula UV radiation. The resulting protons remains attached… read more here.
Keywords: pulsar; numerical simulations; tails bow; pulsar wind ... See more keywords