Changes between Version 24 and Version 25 of PlanetaryAtmospheres


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08/31/15 17:27:07 (9 years ago)
Author:
Jonathan
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    106 Matsakos et al, compare the ordering of the Hill radius, the bow radius (from ram pressure only), and the bow radius (from magnetic pressure) which give 6 different possible orderings.  They lump them into 4 different types - based on 3 length scales.
     106Matsakos et al, compare the ordering of the Hill radius (R,,t,,), the wind bow radius R,,w,, (from ram pressure only), and the magnetic bow radius R,,M,, (from magnetic pressure) which give 6 different possible orderings.  They lump them into 4 different types - based on 3 length scales.
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    108 || I || $R_t > R_B > R_w$ ||
    109 || II || $R_t > R_w > R_B$ ||
    110 || III || $R_w > R_B > R_t$ ||
    111 || III || $R_w > R_t > R_B$ ||
    112 || IV || $R_B > R_w > R_t$ ||
    113 || IV || $R_B > R_t > R_w$ ||
     108|| I || $R_t > R_M > R_w$ ||
     109|| II || $R_t > R_w > R_M$ ||
     110|| III || $R_w > R_M > R_t$ ||
     111|| III || $R_w > R_t > R_M$ ||
     112|| IV || $R_M > R_w > R_t$ ||
     113|| IV || $R_M > R_t > R_w$ ||
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    115115Assuming that the planetary radius is always the smallest, there are still 4 free parameters to the problem.  They did not essentially explore