The large-scale interaction of the solar wind with cometary plasma tails

Details The large-scale interaction of the solar wind with cometary plasma tails The large-scale interaction of the solar wind with cometary plasma tails

May 1979

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Ph.D. Thesis Indiana Univ., Bloomington.

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Plasma Physics

Comet Tails, Kohoutek Comet, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Comets, Explorer 50 Satellite, Interplanetary Medium, Plasma Physics

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Comet Kohoutek 1973f was monitored extensively in late-1973 and early-1974, and exhibited a broad range of plasma tail behavior. On 1974 January 20, the tail was in a highly disturbed condition. The IMP 8 satellite in earth orbit was taking measurements of the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field. Comparison of the observed tail geometry on January 20 with the theoretical position angles generated from the wind sock theory of plasma tails and the corotated satellite observations shows that the tail disturbance was probably caused by large gradients of the polar component of the solar-wind velocity. The study provides perhaps the first conclusive case of an association between a comet tail and a solar-wind event, and it suggests that the wind sock model gives a valid description of the large scale orientation of plasma tails.

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