On the hydromagnetic model of comets

Details On the hydromagnetic model of comets On the hydromagnetic model of comets

May 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978m%26p....18..361m&link_type=abstract

Moon and the Planets, vol. 18, May 1978, p. 361-369.

Physics

Plasma Physics

8

Astronomical Models, Comets, Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasma Physics, Comet Tails, Fine Structure, Gas Ionization

Scientific paper

Several consequences of Alfven's (1957) hydromagnetic model of comets are developed. It is shown that such a model not only accounts for the observed morphology and time variations of the fine structure in the plasma tail, but also leads, in a natural way, towards explanations of two of the central problems in cometary physics; namely, the short ionization time-scales of the cometary molecules, and the large velocities and accelerations observed far down the tail.

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