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Jul 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apj...294..357h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 294, July 1, 1985, p. 357-368.
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Charged Particles, Comets, Dust, Electromagnetic Fields, Particle Trajectories, Comet Nuclei, Comet Tails, Halley'S Comet, Particle Acceleration, Comets, Trajectories, Charged Particles, Dust, Grains, Environment, Models, Calculations, Comet Nuclei, Electromagnetic Properties, Dynamics, Symmetry, Comet Tails, Ikeya-Seki, Acceleration
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Using a simple model of the particles and fields environment of a comet, the trajectories of the smallest (micron- and submicron-sized) dust grains that are expected to be released from a cometary nucleus are calculated. It is shown that electromagnetic forces play a crucial role in the dynamics of these particles. The present calculations indicate not only the asymmetry of the sunward dust envelopes that have been suggested earlier by other authors, but they also indicate the possible existence of wavy dust features far down the tail, reminiscent of the peculiar wavy dust feature observed in the dust tail of Comet Ikeya-Seki 1965f. The importance of these findings in studying the lower end of the cometary dust mass spectrum during the forthcoming fly-by missions to Comet Halley is underscored.
Horanyi Mihaly
Mendis Asoka D.
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