Kurth and Gurnett (1993) suggested that, like other collisionless shocks in the solar wind, the termination shock would likely be a source of Langmuir waves, also known as electron plasma oscillations. Furthermore, just as Langmuir waves often precede the crossing of a planetary bow shock, it was predicted that Langmuir waves might be observed several weeks prior to crossing the termination shock.
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