Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in cometary ion tails

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Mar 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982p%26ss...30..245r&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 30, Mar. 1982, p. 245-250.

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Comet Tails, Ionic Waves, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Solar Wind, Arend-Roland Comet, Compressibility Effects, Kohoutek Comet, Morehouse Comet, Propagation Velocity, Wavelengths

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An interpretation of wave-like phenomena observed in cometary ion tails in terms of solar wind interaction with the tails through Kelvin-Helmholtz helical instabilities results in calculations that are applied to the comets Kohoutek (1973f), Arend Roland (1957 III) and Morehouse (1908c). Despite some disagreement with previous work, it is demonstrated that the growth rate of the K-H helical mode, assuming typical parameters, should be significant for wavelengths approximately equal to the tail radius.

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