Theory and observations of solar wind/cometary plasma interaction processes

Details Theory and observations of solar wind/cometary plasma interaction processes Theory and observations of solar wind/cometary plasma interaction processes

Dec 1986

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In ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas p 3-17 (SEE N87-25

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Giacobini-Zinner Comet, Giotto Mission, Halley'S Comet, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Vega Project, Bow Waves, Cometary Atmospheres, Ionization Potentials, Kinetic Theory, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasma Turbulence, Shock Waves

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Most of the theories of solar wind interaction with comets is based on the hydrodynamical and recently magnetohydrodynamical description of plasma. This was practically sufficient to obtain a global picture of solar wind flow through cometary atmospheres and define characteristic boundaries in it. The measurements aboard the space probes to comets Giacobini-Zinner and Halley have revealed the complexity of this characteristic boundaries and the importance of collective plasma processes. The author gives a brief review of the observational results of theoretical significance such as the discovery of upstream waves and strong plasma turbulence, the microstructure of bow shock, the plasma waves and instabilities in the comae and within characteristic boundaries. He compares the measurements with only fragments of a theory based mainly on the quasilinear theory of plasma and particle simulations.

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