Interaction between comet Halley and the interplanetary magnetic field observed by Sakigake

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Halley'S Comet, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Plasma Interactions, Spaceborne Astronomy, Comet Tails, Japanese Spacecraft, Magnetic Measurement, Oxygen Ions, Solar Magnetic Field, Waves, Comets, Halley, Spacecraft Observations, Mission Description, Experiments, Magnetic Fields, Interaction, Sakigake, Models, Magnetohydrodynamics, Neutral Particles, Ionization, Waves, Source, Formation, Diagrams

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Clear multiple crossings of the nearly horizontal heliospheric neutral sheet were detected by the Sakagake cometary probe's magnetometer near comet Halley's ion tail. An IMF-comet interaction model with quasi-parallel neutral sheet is proposed to explain why a disconnection event did not occur. Hydromagnetic wave enhancements were observed near the time of greatest proximity to comet Halley; it is proposed that neutral particles of cometary origin yield the ionized O(+) or H2O(+) particles that excite the hydromagnetic waves, some seven million km upstream of the comet.

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