Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.6184d&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Dec. 1, 1976, p. 6184-6188. Research supported by the United States-Israel Binational
Physics
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Bow Waves, Comets, Interplanetary Space, Shock Wave Interaction, Solar Wind, Earth Magnetosphere, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Interactions, Shadowgraph Photography, Shock Discontinuity, Solar Flares
Scientific paper
The interaction of interplanetary shock waves with cometary atmospheres is described briefly in terms of 'shock-bow shock' and 'shock-tangential discontinuity' interactions. The tangential discontinuity is used to describe the boundary between the cometary and solar wind gases. Instability of the tangential discontinuity and its temporary breakup following impact by an interplanetary shock wave would, it is suggested, be followed by mixing between the solar wind and cometary plasma. It is also suggested that this physical process, part of which has already been studied extensively, is a principal factor responsible for cometary brightness variations following solar flare and/or stream-stream activity.
Dryer Murray
Ershkovich A. I.
Shen Weining
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