Global Modeling of Heliospheric Processes: Achievements and Challenges

An overview will be presented of magnetic-field-related effects in the solar wind (SW) interaction with the local interstellar medium (LISM), as well as different theoretical approaches for their analysis. The effects to be
discussed include heliospheric asymmetries caused by the interstellar magnetic field (ISMF), energy exchange between charged and neutral particles, stability of the heliopause, 11-year cycle of solar activity, the tilt of the heliospheric current sheet caused by the misalignment of the Sun's magnetic-dipole and rotation axes, propagation of large-scale perturbations, the possibility of a strong ISMF, etc. Numerical results are
discussed in the context of their relevance to observational data. A package of computer codes capable of analyzing sophisticated flows of partially ionized plasma is described.

Nikolai V. Pogorelov

UAHuntsville