Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3607105r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 7, CiteID L07105
Physics
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Interplanetary Physics: Coronal Mass Ejections (7513), Interplanetary Physics: Ejecta, Driver Gases, And Magnetic Clouds, Interplanetary Physics: Discontinuities (7811), Interplanetary Physics: Interplanetary Dust
Scientific paper
On December 15, 2006, a strong ICME crossed the twin STEREO spacecraft while they were still close together in near-Earth space. In the midst of this traversal, a strong current sheet was observed in the magnetic records, whose properties are inconsistent with our present understanding of the magnetic structure of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME). A possible cause of this current sheet is the extended dust trail of C/2006 P1 (McNaught), whose orbital plane the ICME traversed close to the Sun. If this association is correct, then charged dust can produce twists in the interplanetary magnetic field that can persist for an AU or longer. Further, as a result of this electromagnetic interaction, small dust particles can be carried out of the solar system.
Jian Lan K.
Luhmann Janet G.
Russell Christopher T.
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