Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986esasp.250a..77d&link_type=abstract
In ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas p 77-80 (SEE N87-2
Physics
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Boundaries, Halley'S Comet, Plasma Density, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Solar Wind, Comet Nuclei, Cometary Atmospheres, Electron Distribution, Giotto Mission, Ionopause, Plasma Sheaths
Scientific paper
The GIOTTO electron plasma experiment identified several boundaries inside the comet Halley-solar wind region. Two of them are particularly interesting; they separate very different plasma regimes on quite sharp length scales and furthermore their existence was not foreseen in theoretical models. They are: - the limit between the transition region and the sheath detected at 550,000 km from the nucleus, and - the cometopause detected at 135,000 km from the nucleus. Characteristic features of the electron distribution functions and of the macroscopic parameters of the electron plasma through these main boundaries are described.
Anderson Katharine A.
Carlson Carl W.
Cros Alain
Curtis Dorothy
Duston C.
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