Cometary pick-up ions observed near Giacobini-Zinner

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Mar 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986georl..13..251g&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 13, March 1986, p. 251-254.

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Cometary Atmospheres, Giacobini-Zinner Comet, Ion Density (Concentration), Distribution Functions, Solar Wind, Stochastic Processes, Comets, Giacobini-Zinner, Ice Mission, Spacecraft Observations, Ions, Water, Energy, Density, Distance, Shape, Models, Comparisons, Theoretical Studies, Molecules, Distribution, Solar Wind, Interaction, Ultra Low Energy Charge Analyzer, Uleca, Equipment

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The number and energy density of cometary water-group ions observed near Comet Giacobini-Zinner are derived using the rest-frame distribution functions. The data reveal that density profiles of inbound and outbound passes and their shape correlate with pick-up ion production model predictions. The lose rate and production rate of water-group cometary molecules calculated from predicted and measured density profiles are 2 x 10 to the -6th/sec and 2.6 x 10 to the 28th/sec respectively. The shapes of the distribution functions are examined to study the solar wind/cometary ions interaction process.

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