Acceleration of cometary plasma in the vicinity of Comet Halley associated with an interplanetary magnetic field polarity change

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Halley'S Comet, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Ion Motion, Plasma Dynamics, Solar Wind, Vega Project, Bow Waves, Comet Nuclei, Magnetic Field Reconnection, Comets, Plasma, Acceleration, Halley, Magnetic Fields, Polarity, Ions, Spacecraft Observations, Vega 1 Mission, Energy, Flow, Particles, Bursts, Plasmag Instrument, Diagrams, Velocity

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Based on the ion plasma and magnetic field observations of Vega-1 near its closest approach to comet Halley a self-consistent scenario is developed according to which the observed magnetic field topology, the observed burst of ions at energies 200 - 600 eV, and the observed directional dependence of the flow of these ions leads to the conclusion that these burst-particles are cometary ions which have been accelerated by the process of merging of magnetic field lines of opposite polarity.

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