Numerical simulation of the generation of turbulence from cometary ion pick-up

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Aug 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987georl..14..860g&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 14, Aug. 1987, p. 860-863.

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Cometary Atmospheres, Ion Production Rates, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasma Turbulence, Doppler Effect, Kolmogoroff Theory, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Wind, Comets, Ions, Turbulence, Simulations, Numerical Methods, Fluctuations, Magnetic Fields, Spectra, Power, Frequencies, Distance, Solar Wind, Magnetohydrodynamics, Technique, Parameters, Time Scale, Comparisons, Spacecraft Observations, Giotto Mission, Analysis, Calculations, Energy

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Observations of magnetic field fluctuations near Comet Halley have revealed a rapid development of a Kolmogoroff-like turbulence spectrum extending from below 0.01 Hz to above 0.1 Hz. Spectra obtained far from the comet have a strong peak in power near the Doppler-shifted ion-cyclotron frequency of singly ionized water. Closer to the comet, the spectrum at higher frequencies is enhanced in power level over the background solar wind spectrum by approximately an order of magnitude. The equations of incompressible MHD are solved using a two-dimensional 256 x 256 mode spectral method code to simulate this spectral evolution as an inertial range turbulent cascade. The initial conditions contained a constant magnetic field and a single coherent wave mode at a low wave number. The solar wind turbulence was modeled by a background noise spectrum having a Kolmogoroff spectral index. The coherent mode decayed into an inertial range spectrum with Kolmogoroff slope within a few eddy-turnover times. Both the time scale and the increase in power level of the turbulence seen in the simulation are in accord with the Giotto observations.

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