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Lagrangian fluid approach for the modelling of peculiarities of the interstellar dust distribution in the astrospheres/heliosphere
Interstellar dust (ISD) penetrates into the heliosphere/astrosphere due to relative motion of the
Sun and the local interstellar medium (LISM). Inside the heliosphere/astrosphere and at the
heliospheric boundaries, where the solar/stellar wind interacts with LISM, distribution of the
ISD is modified due to an action of electromagnetic forces, the solar gravitation, and radiation
pressure. In this paper, we show that the distribution of the ISD particles in the heliosphere
has peculiarities of high-density layers. In order to understand the nature of the peculiarities
Osiptsov’s Lagrangian method has been employed and developed for the case when the force
acting on the particles has discontinuity as it is for the electromagnetic force at the helioshperic
current sheet (HCS). In the result of the modelling, we demonstrate existence of multiple layers
of high density of the ISD located at 0.03–10 au north and south with respect to the HCS.