Mirror instability in the magnetosphere of Comet Halley

Details Mirror instability in the magnetosphere of Comet Halley Mirror instability in the magnetosphere of Comet Halley

Jun 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987georl..14..644r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 14, June 1987, p. 644-647. BMFWF-supported research.

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Cometary Atmospheres, Cometary Magnetospheres, Halley'S Comet, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Magnetospheres, Magnetospheric Instability, Satellite Observation, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Measurement, Magnetosheath, Plasma Dynamics, Vega Project, Comets, Halley, Stability, Magnetosphere, Vega Missions, Temperature, Magnetosheath, Magnetic Properties, Ions, Concentration, Features, Plasma, Spacecraft Observations, Analysis, Plasmag Instrument

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High resolution Vega 1 and 2 magnetic measurements in the cometary magnetosphere and magnetosheath of Halley reveal the presence of fluctuations with the signature expected for the mirror instability. This instability is a mechanism by which homogeneously produced cometary ions with a large perpendicular temperature anisotropy can be concentrated into discrete linear features. Thus, the mirror instability may provide a new mechanism for the generation of cometary rays. To our knowledge the presence of this instability in the cometary plasma was not predicted.

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