Interplanetary Field Enhancements: Further evidence of an interaction between the solar wind and interplanetary dust

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Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003agufmsh21b0147j&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2003, abstract #SH21B-0147

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2129 Interplanetary Dust, 2134 Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, 2152 Pickup Ions, 6015 Dust, 6030 Magnetic Fields And Magnetism

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Interplanetary field enhancements (IFEs) are highly unusual, sharply-peaked increases in the magnitude of the heliospheric magnetic field. They have been found in the solar wind over a wide range of heliocentric distances. Spatial clustering of IFEs detected near Venus led to a link being found between some IFEs and dust particles co-orbiting with asteroid 2201 Oljato. This link suggested that the solar wind's characteristics are affected by its passage through localized concentrations of dust. Here, evidence is presented of an association between other IFEs and comet 122P/de Vico. Other evidence in support of a dust-induced source for IFEs is also described, including the draping of discontinuities seen at many of the events, and the spatial coincidence of some IFEs and locations where high-density meteor streams are thought to exist. Possible processes responsible for IFE formation are discussed, as well as implications for the remote study of cometary dust trails.

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