Possible mechanism of ion acceleration in the tails of type I comets

Details Possible mechanism of ion acceleration in the tails of type I comets Possible mechanism of ion acceleration in the tails of type I comets

Aug 1974

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Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, vol. 51, July-Aug. 1974, p. 852-858. In Russian.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Comet Tails, Ion Acoustic Waves, Momentum Transfer, Particle Acceleration, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Oscillations, Plasma Turbulence, Solar Protons

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A mechanism for momentum transfer between comets and the solar wind is discussed. It is shown that several instabilities result from the interaction of the solar wind and the plasma of the comet, the largest of them being an ion-acoustic instability. The latter occasions a turbulent state in the plasma, which in turn increases the rate of momentum transfer from protons in the solar wind to plasma ions.

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