Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ssrv...20..145m&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, vol. 20, Mar. 1977, p. 145-190.
Physics
Plasma Physics
29
Comets, Earth Ionosphere, Plasma Interactions, Plasma Physics, Solar Wind, Comet Tails, Cosmic Plasma, Hydrodynamics, Ion Motion, Ionospheres, Magnetic Disturbances, Magnetic Field Configurations
Scientific paper
The paper reviews the current state of knowledge about cometary plasma (type I) tails and ionospheres. Observational statistics for type I tails are examined along with spectroscopic observations of plasma tails, identified ion species in such tails, and the morphology of cometary plasma tails and ionospheres. Evidence for a strong interaction between comets and the solar wind is evaluated on the basis of observations of plasma-tail orientations, large accelerations of tail structures, and correlations between disturbances in type I tails and solar-wind or geomagnetic disturbances. The use of comets as solar-wind probes is discussed, the nature of comet-solar-wind interactions is investigated, and ionization sources for cometary gases are considered. Hydrodynamic models of comet-solar-wind interaction are summarized, and the structure and ion chemistry of cometary ionospheres are studied. Observations suggesting that significant magnetic fields are associated with comets are briefly reviewed and interpreted.
Huen Ip Wing
Mendis Asoka D.
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